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The game of school : why we all play it, how it hurts kids, and what it will take to change it
- Author
- Fried, Robert L.
- Title
- The game of school : why we all play it, how it hurts kids, and what it will take to change it / Robert L. Fried.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2005.
- Description
- xx, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- URL
- <Table of contents> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip057/2005001849.html <Contributor biographical information> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2005001849-b.html <Publisher description> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2005001849-d.html
- Series
- The Jossey-Bass education series
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210) and index.
- Contents
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- Wasting time
- The game of school up through the grades
- Being curious, feeling powerful, and telling the world what you know
- Contemplating our state religion, and the types of learners who attend school within its shadow
- Humanizing "school talk" in pursuit of authentic learning
- Getting stuck
- No time to waste
- Coda: a lesson before teaching.
- Subject headings
- Active learning--United States. Educational evaluation--United States. Education--Aims and objectives--United States. School improvement programs--United States.
- ISBN
- 0787973475 (alk. paper) 9780787973476 (alk. paper)