Wounded by school
Subtitle: recapturing the joy in learning and standing up to old school culture
By: Kirsten Olson ; forewords by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot and by Parker J. Palmer.
Publisher: Teachers College, Columbia University; Teachers College Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780807749555; 9780807749562
Subjects: School failure -- United States -- Case studies; Learning, Psychology of -- Case studies; Alienation (Social psychology) -- Case studies; Problem children -- Education -- Case studies; Motivation in education -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: In her provocative new book, education writer and critic Kirsten Olson brings to light the devastating consequences of an educational approach that values conformity over creativity, flattens students' interests, and dampens down differences among learners. She also presents the experiences of wounded learners who have healed and shows what teachers, parents, and students can do right now to help themselves stay healthy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What are school wounds?; title: Kinds of wounds; title: Why do schools lacerate?; title: How do people heal?; title: Stages of healing; title: Wounded schools; title: Parents who heal; title: Teachers who heal.