If Einstein Ran the Schools: Revitalizing U.S. Education - Hardcover
Many world-class thinkers and creators have been concerned about the state of education in the United States. Discover their thoughts on how children really learn and what teachers must do to optimally tap children's latent abilities.
- Reveals what world-class thinkers and creators have said about how children really learn and what teachers must do to optimally tap their latent abilities
- Explains the twelve capacities emphasized by these thinkers and creators, including love of learning, creativity, curiosity, playfulness, imagination, wonder, tolerance, reverence for life, appreciation of beauty, honoring diversity, celebrating individuality, and developing compassion, and how these capabilities must serve as the foundation for any future educational reform efforts
- Provides examples of teachers and classrooms where the educational ideas of these thinkers and creators are currently being practiced, demonstrating that their prescriptions are not merely fanciful ''pie in the sky'' dreams
- Includes resources including organizations, books, magazines, websites, and videos that enable readers to take action
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Thomas Armstrong, PhD, is executive director of the American Institute for Learning and Human Development and an award-winning author and speaker. He has been an educator for more than 45 years.
"What a terrific book! Armstrong describes the kind of school that almost everyone wishes they had attended, the school that Einstein would have run, where creativity, imagination, and joy were the goals of education, not scores on a lifeless standardized test." ('Diane Ravitch, Former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education, Author of Reign of Error, and Historian of Education at New York University)
''I love this book! It goes to the core of what is wrong with our test-obsessed standards-crazed system of education. More importantly, it provides living examples of classrooms and schools where imagination, curiosity, creativity, passion, and wonder are celebrated and viewed as an essential part of our students' learning experience. If Armstrong is right (and I believe he is), then our schools need to radically change their direction from worshipping grades and test scores to creating individuals who can think for themselves, generate unique ideas, and use their gifts to make the world a better place.'' (Deborah Meier, MacArthur Fellow and author of The Power of Their Ideas and Beyond Testing)
''I love this book! It goes to the core of what is wrong with our test-obsessed standards-crazed system of education. More importantly, it provides living examples of classrooms and schools where imagination, curiosity, creativity, passion, and wonder are celebrated and viewed as an essential part of our students' learning experience. If Armstrong is right (and I believe he is), then our schools need to radically change their direction from worshipping grades and test scores to creating individuals who can think for themselves, generate unique ideas, and use their gifts to make the world a better place.'' (Deborah Meier, MacArthur Fellow and author of The Power of Their Ideas and Beyond Testing)
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- PublisherPraeger
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1440869774
- ISBN 13 9781440869778
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages200
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