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This volume argues that schools and educational authorities obstruct the interent learning abilities of children, thereby creating handicaps that often persist through life. He presents contrasting views regarding learning, aiming to combat ""sterile"" attitudes towards teaching.

Table of Contents
A Tale of Two Visions; A Question of Identity; The Immensity of Children's Learning; Joining the Literacy Club; Learning through Life (plus some typical objections); Undermining Traditional Wisdom; Fabricating A Theory of Learning; Entry of the Testers; More Fallout from War; The Official Theory Goes on-line (plus some more objections); Liberating Our Own Learning; Liberating Schools and Education (plus some final objections).

The Book of Learning and Forgetting

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    A Paperback by Frank Smith


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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 4/2/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807737507, 978-0807737507
      ISBN10: 080773750X
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      Child and developmental psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume argues that schools and educational authorities obstruct the interent learning abilities of children, thereby creating handicaps that often persist through life. He presents contrasting views regarding learning, aiming to combat ""sterile"" attitudes towards teaching.

      Table of Contents
      A Tale of Two Visions; A Question of Identity; The Immensity of Children's Learning; Joining the Literacy Club; Learning through Life (plus some typical objections); Undermining Traditional Wisdom; Fabricating A Theory of Learning; Entry of the Testers; More Fallout from War; The Official Theory Goes on-line (plus some more objections); Liberating Our Own Learning; Liberating Schools and Education (plus some final objections).

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