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Doing School Author: This book offers a highly revealing--and troubling--view of today's high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Denise Pope, veteran teacher and curriculum expert, follows five motivated and successful students through a school year, closely shadowing them and engaging them in lengthy reflections on their school ex... more »
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Doing School provides evidence of a broken system of education. The transition from high school to college is now so performance and grade-based that we have a generation of students who view success as being based on their ability to "work the system" rather than receiving (or pursuing) an education.
I was saddened by the implications of this book rather then surprised by them. As a mother and homeschool teacher I am constantly looking for examples of educational success and have found the most promising option for a true education is usually a home-based one. For anyone seeking guidance, I recommend the book Homeschooling: A Family's Journey by Gregory and Martine Millman as well as The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer.
I was saddened by the implications of this book rather then surprised by them. As a mother and homeschool teacher I am constantly looking for examples of educational success and have found the most promising option for a true education is usually a home-based one. For anyone seeking guidance, I recommend the book Homeschooling: A Family's Journey by Gregory and Martine Millman as well as The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer.
Genres:
- Nonfiction >> Education >> College & University >> Student Life
- Nonfiction >> Education >> High School
- Nonfiction >> Education >> Elementary School
- Nonfiction >> Education >> General
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> General
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- Nonfiction >> Education >> Policy
- Nonfiction >> Education >> Education Theory >> Aims & Objectives
- Nonfiction >> Education >> Education Theory >> School Management
- Professional & Technical >> Education >> By Level >> High School