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John Taylor Gatto Weapons of Mass Instruction (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Weapons of Mass InstructionCondition: NewEAN: 9780865716698ISBN: 9780865716698Publisher: New Society PublishersFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/01/2010Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 400gAuthor: John Taylor GattoLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory SchoolingISBN-10: 0865716692Description: John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education that cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling. Gatto demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of pedagogy, he argues, is to render the common population manageable. To that end, young people must be conditioned to rely upon experts, to remain divided from natural alliances, and to accept disconnections from their own lived experiences. They must at all costs be discouraged from developing self-reliance and independence. Escaping this trap requires strategy Gatto calls "open source learning" which imposes no artificial divisions between learning and life. Through this alternative approach, our children can avoid being indoctrinated-only then that can they achieve self-knowledge, judgment, and courage.John Taylor Gatto is an internationally renowned speaker who lectures widely on school reform. He taught for thirty years in public schools before resigning on the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal during the year he was named New York's official "Teacher of the Year." On April 3, 2008, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard credited Gatto with adding the expression "dumbing us down" to the school debate worldwide.Country/Region of Manufacture: USItem Width: 12mmGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Children's Learning & Education, Social Sciences, Parenting, Law & PoliticsEdition: Paperback EditionRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Title: Weapons of Mass Instruction

EAN: 9780865716698

ISBN: 9780865716698

Release Date: 04/01/2010

Release Year: 2010

Subtitle: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Sc

ISBN-10: 0865716692

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Edition: Paperback Edition

Book Title: Weapons of Mass Instruction : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: New Society Publishers, The Limited

Topic: Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education, Sociology / General, History, Educators

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2010

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 14.1 Oz

Item Length: 9 in

Author: John Taylor Gatto

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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