The schools our children deserve
Subtitle: moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards"
By: Alfie Kohn
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780395940396
Subjects: Education; Aims and objectives; Éducation; Schule; Enseignement; Educational change; Qualitätsmanagement; School improvement programs; Réforme; Finalités
Description: Argues against the "tougher standards" rhetoric and the current practice of teaching to standarized tests in favor of helping students become more critical, creative thinkers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-332) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Tougher standards versus better education; title: Getting motivation wrong : the costs of overemphasizing achievement; title: Getting teaching and learning wrong : traditional education and its victims; title: Getting evaluation wrong : the case against standardized testing; title: Getting school reform wrong : the arrogance of top-down coercion; title: Getting improvement wrong : confusing harder with better; title: Part two : For the love of learning; title: Starting from scratch; title: Education at its best; title: Getting the 3 r's right; title: The way out; title: Appendix A : The hard evidence; title: Appendix B : What to look for in a classroom.