What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies: 0 - Softcover

Kohn, Alfie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807032670 ISBN 13: 9780807032671

Publisher: Beacon Press, 2004

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The most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests a fact of life in every U.S. school. --Washington Post

"Of the dozens of 'experts' on what's wrong (and right) in U.S. schools, only a handful are truly worth reading; Kohn has long been one of the soundest. His willingness not simply to challenge conventional answers but also examine whether we're asking the right questions gives his work a genuinely eye-opening quality." --Booklist

"Kohn cuts against the grain and takes on adversaries without fear, and yet with a mature and rational sophistication. He draws upon a rich tradition, citing the work of Dewey, Bruner, Piaget, and Holt, among others, but he now takes his proper place within their ranks." --Jonathan Kozol

Synopsis:

This is a hard-hitting collection of essays on school and schooling. Kohn takes on some of the most important and controversial topics in education of the last few years. His central focus is on the real goals of education a topic, he argues, that we systematically ignore while lavishing attention on misguided models of learning and counterproductive techniques of motivation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0807032670
• ISBN 13: 9780807032671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224