Weapons of mass instruction [[electronic resource] ] : a schoolteacher's journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling / / John Taylor Gatto
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| Autore: |
Gatto John Taylor
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| Titolo: |
Weapons of mass instruction [[electronic resource] ] : a schoolteacher's journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling / / John Taylor Gatto
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| Pubblicazione: | Gabriola Island, B.C., : New Society Publishers, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 379.2/30973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education, Compulsory - United States |
| Educational sociology - United States | |
| Education - Aims and objectives - United States | |
| Education - Philosophy | |
| 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> |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Weapons of mass instruction |
| ISBN: | 1-282-46569-4 |
| 1-55092-424-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814961803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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