Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms by Smith, Frank
Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms by Smith, Frank

Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms

Common sense tells us that drilling, testing, and grading have nothing to do with how babies, children,...
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Author: Frank Smith
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Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms by Smith, Frank

Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms

CHF 86.50
Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms by Smith, Frank

Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms

CHF 86.50
Author: Frank Smith
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Common sense tells us that drilling, testing, and grading have nothing to do with how babies, children, and adults really learn. And research backs this up. Students who had been asked to write regularly without being taught to punctuate, for instance, ended a term not only writing but punctuating much better than students in a neighboring class who had been regularly drilled, tested, and graded solely on punctuation. This must be the most tedious, least rewarding, and least effective teaching that students have to endure. But false theory, political pressures, business opportunism, and harried administrators have persuaded us to accept this bureaucratic travesty of teaching as the real think.

Insult to Intelligence focuses particularly on children learning to read and write, the area in which Smith has made his reputation. But his six-point manifesto on learning and teaching is applicable at every level of education, and in the context of America's ongoing struggle to upgrade the teaching profession and to raise national standards of literacy, his book is nothing less than a call to arms.



Author: Frank Smith
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 05/09/1988
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.04w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780435084783
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author

Frank Smith has always been fascinated by language. He worked as a journalist in many countries before beginning formal academic studies in Australia. This led to a Ph.D. at Harvard University and further world travel researching, lecturing, and writing on thinking and learning. He has been a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; the University of Toronto; the University of Victoria, British Columbia; and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has published many articles and books.




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