Why Schools Fail The Denial of Individuality and the Decline of Learning,9781882577392

Why Schools Fail The Denial of Individuality and the Decline of Learning

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ISBN13: 9781882577392
ISBN10: 1882577396
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-12-19
Publisher(s): Cato Institute
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Summary

Goldberg claims that schools can be dreadful places to spend time: they often mutilate a child's sense of self and suppress individuality.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(4)
Is Educational Theory Scientific?
5(22)
Educational Rhetoric vs. School Reality
27(8)
The Basics: Mathematics
35(8)
The Basics: Reading
43(20)
Why Educational Reforms Have Failed
63(16)
On Memorizing
79(6)
Shaping Human Beings and Pseudoscience
85(10)
Education and Individual Choice
95(20)
Selected Bibliography 115(6)
Index 121

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