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  • ISBN:
    0807749567
  • ISBN-13:
    9780807749562
  • PUB. DATE:
    April 2009
  • PUBLISHER:
    Teachers College Press
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Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture by Kirsten Olson

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Wounded By Schoolby Anonymous

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Tells it like it is about public school's insensitivity to children's developmental needs, different learning styles, and emotional issues. Discusses how schools need children to conform and be easily managed within the classroon rather than enhancing children's individual strengths and supporting their academic weaknesses. After reading this you may never want to send your child back to public school...

Must Readby Grace2133

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Wounded by School reflected my life and struck a chord within me before I even read a page. I knew the book would have an impact on me. I had no idea how much. The stories were heart wrenching and they illustrated the points well. It was also written very well and in a very engaging manner. You can tell that Olson feels very passionately about the subject and makes you feel passionate about it too.

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Wounded by School

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  • Pub. Date: April 2009
  • Publisher: Teachers College Press

Synopsis

How do we recognize the "wounds" caused by outdated schooling policies? How do we heal them? In her provocative new book, education writer and critic Kirsten Olson brings to light the devastating consequences of an educational approach that values conformity over creativity, flattens students' interests, and dampens down differences among learners. Drawing on deeply emotional stories, Olson shows that current institutional structures do not produce the kinds of minds and thinking that society really needs. Instead, the system tends to shame, disable, and bore many learners. Most importantly, she presents the experiences of wounded learners who have healed and shows what teachers, parents, and students can do right now to help themselves stay healthy.