{"product_id":"what-to-look-for-in-a-classroom-9780787952839","title":"What to Look for in a Classroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume examines what's right with education, advocating schools that support children's innate desire to learn; schools that treat students as individuals, not widgets; and classrooms in which positive values are absorbed rather than drilled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of the dozens of 'experts' on what's wrong (and right) in U.S. schools, only a handful are truly worth reading; Kohn has long been one of the soundest.\" --Booklist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Kohn's message, if heeded, could inspire a productive revolution in America's fatigued regime of public education.\" --Publisher's Weekly\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This collection...reminds us that many schools have veered off course in their day-to-day business. And it's a primer that, if taken seriously, can put schools back on the right track.\" --Educational Leadership\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Informative, inspiring, and thought-provoking.\" --Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Classroom Mismanagement 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Limits of Teaching Skills 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Trouble with School Uniforms 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Beyond Discipline 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 How Not to Teach Values: A Critical Look at Character Education 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: American Ideology Goes to School 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Resistance to Cooperative Learning: Making Sense of its Deletion and Dilution 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 “A Lot of Fat Kids Who Don’t Like to Read: The Effects of Pizza Hut’s Book It! Program and Other Reading Incentives 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Grading: The Issue Is not How But Why 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Grade Inflation and Other Red Herrings 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Only for my Kid: How Privileged Parents Undermine School Reform 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Unquestioned Assumptions About Children 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Suffer the Restless Children: Unsettling Questions About the ADHD Label 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Truth About Self-Esteem 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Television and Children: ReViewing the Evidence 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Business as Usual 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Five-Hundred-Pound Gorilla 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The False Premises of School Choice Plans 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Students Don’t “Work” – They Learn 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Littlest Customers: TQM Goes to School 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Five: Lessons Learned 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Caring Kids: The Role of the Schools 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 What to Look for in a Classroom 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 289\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865897218391,"sku":"9780787952839","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-to-look-for-in-a-classroom-9780787952839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}