With their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today’s schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and dumbed-down exams, Claxton proves that education’s key responsibility should be to create enthusiastic learners who will go on to thrive as adults in a swiftly-changing, dynamic world. Students must be encouraged to sharpen their wits, ask questions, and think for themselves - all without chucking out Shakespeare or the Periodic Table. Blending down-to-earth examples with the latest advances in brain science, and written with passion, wit, and authority, this brilliant book will inspire teachers, parents, and readers of all backgrounds to join a practical revolution and foster in the next generation a natural curiosity and the spirit of adventure.
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Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and dumbed-down exams, this book proves that education's key responsibility should be to create enthusiastic learners who will go on to thrive as adults in a swiftly-changing, dynamic world.
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With their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today’s schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the tired debates about examination overload and dumbed-down lessons, Claxton proves that education’s first priority should be to create enthusiastic learners who can thrive in our complicated and dynamic world - all without chucking out Shakespeare or the Periodic Table. Blending down-to-earth examples with the latest advances in brain science, Claxton rescues schools from the scrap heap, and suggests a host of ways to help students learn how to think for themselves. What's the Point of School? Charts the development of this sea-change in education and makes an irresistible case for its urgent implementation on a national - indeed global - scale. Written with passion, wit, and authority, this brilliant book will inspire teachers, parents, and readers of all backgrounds to foster in the next generation the confident spirit of adventure they so obviously need.
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"This inspirational book will be of interest to all parents and teachers. It should find its way on to the reading lists of our teacher and training courses and become compulsory reading for any politician connected to our education system."
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"Comparing how well young minds can work with how poorly schools do work, Guy Claxton celebrates the curiosity, courage, and imagination of young learners and constructs a vision of education that would kindle rather than quench such virtues."
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Why the education system is failing our kids and how we can start the revolution that will save our schools

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781851686032
Publisert
2008-07-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Oneworld Publications
Vekt
318 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
146 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter

Biographical note

Guy Claxton is one of the UK’s foremost thinkers on creativity, learning, and the brain. He is Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester, and the author and editor of over twenty books on learning and creativity, including the best-selling Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less.