Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory SchoolingThe transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn. |
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User Review - Razinha - LibraryThingThis is without a doubt the most important book I have read in several years. His recap of Alexander Inglis's six functions of modern schooling (from Inglis's "Principles of Secondary Education") in ... Read full review
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User Review - ohernaes - LibraryThingModern schooling is a tool for stifling thinking and controlling the masses. Endless examples of people without much formal education who have made it big, nothing about the failures. Reasoned critiques of the school system are valuable. This book is not. Read full review
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Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark ... John Taylor Gatto No preview available - 2010 |
Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark ... John Taylor Gatto No preview available - 2009 |