Book of Learning and Forgetting / Edition 1

by Frank Smith

Overview

A renowned educator explains how schools and educational authorities systematically obstruct the powerful inherent learning abilities of children, creating handicaps that often persist through life. This book will help educators and parents to combat sterile attitudes toward teaching and learning and prevent current practices from doing further harm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900807737506
Publication date:	04/02/1998
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Frank Smith was a reporter, editor, and novelist before beginning his formal research into language, 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 the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Editorial Reviews

Recommended for all levels.”

—Choice

“We recommend you read this thought-provoking book, and help us repair the damage.”

—The Quarterly of the National Writing Project

From the Publisher