Weapons of Mass Instruction：A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

作者: John Taylor Gatto 著

出版社: New Society Publishers

出版时间: 2009-01

ISBN: 9780865716315

定价: 197.30

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 215页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

Thisbookfocusesonmechanismsoffamiliarschoolingthatcrippleimagination,discouragecriticalthinking,andcreateafalseviewoflearningasabyproductofrotememorisationdrills.Gatto'searlierbook,"DumbingUsDown",putthatnowfamousexpressionofthetitleintocommonuseworldwide.Thisbookpromisestoaddanotherchillingmetaphortothebriefagainstschooling.Hereisademonstrationthattheharmschoolinflictsisquiterationalanddeliberate,followinghighlevelpoliticaltheoriesconstructedbyPlato,Calvin,Spinoza,Fichte,Darwin,Wundt,andothers,whichcontendtheterm'education'ismeaninglessbecausehumanityisstrictlylimitedbynecessitiesofbiology,psychology,andtheology.Therealfunctionofpedagogyistorenderthecommonpopulationmanageable.Realisingthatgoaldemandsthattheyoungbeconditionedtorelyuponexperts,remaindividedfromnaturalalliances,andacceptdisconnectionsfromtheexperiencesthatcreateselfrelianceandindependence.Escapingthistraprequiresadifferentwayofgrowingup,oneGattocalls'opensourcelearning'.Inchapterssuchas'ALettertoKristina,myGranddaughter';'FatStanley';and,'Walkabout:London',thisdifferentrealityisillustrated.
内容简介:
Thisbookfocusesonmechanismsoffamiliarschoolingthatcrippleimagination,discouragecriticalthinking,andcreateafalseviewoflearningasabyproductofrotememorisationdrills.Gatto'searlierbook,"DumbingUsDown",putthatnowfamousexpressionofthetitleintocommonuseworldwide.Thisbookpromisestoaddanotherchillingmetaphortothebriefagainstschooling.Hereisademonstrationthattheharmschoolinflictsisquiterationalanddeliberate,followinghighlevelpoliticaltheoriesconstructedbyPlato,Calvin,Spinoza,Fichte,Darwin,Wundt,andothers,whichcontendtheterm'education'ismeaninglessbecausehumanityisstrictlylimitedbynecessitiesofbiology,psychology,andtheology.Therealfunctionofpedagogyistorenderthecommonpopulationmanageable.Realisingthatgoaldemandsthattheyoungbeconditionedtorelyuponexperts,remaindividedfromnaturalalliances,andacceptdisconnectionsfromtheexperiencesthatcreateselfrelianceandindependence.Escapingthistraprequiresadifferentwayofgrowingup,oneGattocalls'opensourcelearning'.Inchapterssuchas'ALettertoKristina,myGranddaughter';'FatStanley';and,'Walkabout:London',thisdifferentrealityisillustrated.

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Weapons of Mass Instruction：A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

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