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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen LaferPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Edition: New edition Weight: 0.423kg ISBN: 9781433189982ISBN 10: 1433189984 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 17 October 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsA Rationale and Evidence – Ortega y Gasset. Ant- man and the Wasp – Autobiographical – Smitty Appears to Labor – Psychology, Statistics, Reals Students, and Real Democracy – Truthful Elegance in Science and Truth in Fiction – Mind – Trained to Be Predictable – Chronic Psychology – Spearman and the Reduction of Mind to g. Psychometrics and the Court – Basic Humanity and the Inhumanity of the “Basics” – Progressivism and the Reactionary Response – Conservatively “Effective Schools.” Moving Progressively – No Child Left Behind versus The New Standards – On Writing and Thinking – A Better Classroom Environment – Huckleberry and Holden and the Sane and Humane Democracy – Index.ReviewsImportant and timely scholarship for the maturing of the Digital Age... Much of the trouble with education over the last century derives from two flaws: educators ignore the history of their profession, and that education attempts to emulate business. ... Professor Emeritus Stephen Lafer's fine study addresses both flaws, as well as miseducation and student learning. -Tom Gage, Professor Emeritus, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, California Author InformationStephen Lafer holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and a master’s degree in the teaching of writing, and was a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno for 28 years, teaching courses in English education and social and cultural contexts of education. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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