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Friday, July 31, 2009
I have received some inquiries regarding the “professional reading” I’ve engaged. I thought I’d link to those books that stand out as influencing my thoughts about education. This is a partial list presented in no particular order.
*Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, by Neil Postman
*The End of Education, by Neil Postman
*Teaching As a Subversive Activity, by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner
*Redesigning School, by Joe McDonald
*Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School, by Ted Sizer
*To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey, by Parker Palmer
*Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto
*A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling, by John Taylor Gatto
*Civic Engagement and the Restoration of Community: Changing the Nature of the Conversation, by Peter Block
*Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything, by James Gleick
*Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes, by Alfie Kohn
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