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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780911803321

Autore

Gatto John Taylor

Titolo

Weapons of mass instruction [[electronic resource] ] : a schoolteacher's journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling / / John Taylor Gatto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, B.C., : New Society Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-282-46569-4

1-55092-424-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

379.2/30973

Soggetti

Education, Compulsory - United States

Educational sociology - United States

Education - Aims and objectives - United States

Education - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Advance Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; A Dedication for the Family Builders; Prologue: Against School; Chapter 1: Everything You Know about Schools is Wrong; Chapter 2: Walkabout: London; Chapter 3: Fat Stanley and the Lancaster Amish; Chapter 4: David Sarnoff's Classroom; Chapter 5: Hector Isn't the Problem; Chapter 6: The Camino de Santiago; Chapter 7: Weapons of Mass Instruction; Chapter 8: What is Education?; Chapter 9: A Letter to My Granddaughter About Dartmouth; Chapter 10: Incident at Highland High; Afterword; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<div>The transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn.</div>