{"product_id":"the-feelgood-curriculum-9780738204352","title":"The FeelGood Curriculum","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe so-called self-esteem movement-a progressive, child-centreed, discovery model of schooling-has transformed schools into therapeutic clinics and teachers into counselors, creating a generation of entitled, righteous, underachieving children. An insider''s account of the pernicious aspects of this seemingly well-meaning movement,  The Feel-Good Curriculum  provides devastating evidence that our belief in the power and importance of self-esteem in education is misplaced and without basis.Avoiding political posturing and political correctness,  The Feel-Good Curriculum  identifies the four specific effects of self-esteem''s stranglehold on our schools-narcissism, emotivism, separatism, and cynicism. It prescribes antidotes to them-empathy, rationality and morality, connectedness, and skepticism-and offers a hopeful view of educational philosophy for the next millennium. Professor Stout urges us to replace our coddling, indulgent approach to building self-esteem in children with a sense","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404232335703,"sku":"9780738204352","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-feelgood-curriculum-9780738204352","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}