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Why knowledge matters : rescuing our children from failed educational theories

By Hirsch , Eric D.

Book information

Year
2017
ISBN
9781612509525, 1612509525, 9781612509532, 1612509533
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28391710 bytes)
Series
Harvard Education Press
Edition
second printing.
Pages
270\276
Topic
Education
Time added
2018-12-13 16:14:45
Curriculum;Schule;USA

Description

In this provocative book, influential scholar E.D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform - over-testing, teacher blaming, preschool fadeout, and the persistence of achievement gaps over time. In each case, he shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences. Drawing on recent findings in neuroscience and new data from France, he provides new evidence for the argument that a coherent, knowledge-based elementary curriculum is essential to providing the foundations for children's life success and ensuring equal opportunity for students of all backgrounds.  Read more...

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