The future of education : reimagining our schools from the ground up / Kieran Egan

By:

EGAN, Kieran

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.Description: xi,191p. : ill. ; 21cmISBN:

978-0-300-11046-3

Subject(s):

Education -- Philosophy. Teaching. Learning

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 370.1 EGA

Summary: This engaging book presents a frontal attack on current forms of schooling and a radical rethinking of the whole education process. Kieran Egan, a prize-winning scholar and innovative thinker, does not rail against teachers, administrators, or politicians for the failures of the school. Instead he argues that education today is built on a set of mutually exclusive goals that are destined to defeat our best efforts.

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Includes bibliography and index

This engaging book presents a frontal attack on current forms of schooling and a radical rethinking of the whole education process. Kieran Egan, a prize-winning scholar and innovative thinker, does not rail against teachers, administrators, or politicians for the failures of the school. Instead he argues that education today is built on a set of mutually exclusive goals that are destined to defeat our best efforts.

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