Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane / Edition 1

Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane / Edition 1

by Roger C. Schank
ISBN-10:
0805838775
ISBN-13:
9780805838770
Pub. Date:
01/01/2001
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0805838775
ISBN-13:
9780805838770
Pub. Date:
01/01/2001
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane / Edition 1

Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane / Edition 1

by Roger C. Schank
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Overview

To hear politicians talk, one would think the entire purpose of school is to assess children rather than educate them. Excitement about learning doesn't seem to be on anyone's agenda. The villains are those who profit from testing mania, make the tests, coach for testing, publish the books on which the tests are based, and believe that the results matter. Children are being taught things they don't need to know and nobody seems to care.

Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane is a cautionary tale of the dangers of educational testing and outmoded curriculum design. Bringing a new twist to Charles Dickens' classic story, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is recast as the head of an educational testing service. He is faced with the ghosts of Education Past, Present, and Future as well as his former mentor, John Dewey. As he observes a horrible future, he comes to understand the harm he has done and its repercussions on the school system. His time with the ghosts and John Dewey leads him to a dramatic turnaround regarding schools and scholastic teaching. It haunts him until he decides to undo the damage he has done to children all over the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780805838770
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/01/2001
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1st Stanza — Dewey's Ghost — 2nd Stanza — The First of the Three Spirits — 3rd Stanza — The Second of the Three Spirits — 4th Stanza — The Last of the Three Spirits — 5th Stanza — The End of It.

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