Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is John Taylor Gatto The Title is Weapons of Mass Instruction : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 240. Binding type - Perfect. Content Language - English Category - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General Product Description - John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education that cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling. Gatto demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of pedagogy, he argues, is to render the common population manageable. To that end, young people must be conditioned to rely upon experts, to remain divided from natural alliances, and to accept disconnections from their own lived experiences. They must at all costs be discouraged from developing self-reliance and independence. Escaping this trap requires strategy Gatto calls "open source learning" which imposes no artificial divisions between learning and life. Through this alternative approach, our children can avoid being indoctrinated-only then that can they achieve self-knowledge, judgment, and courage. John Taylor Gatto is an internationally renowned speaker who lectures widely on school reform. He taught for thirty years in public schools before resigning on the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal during the year he was named New York's official "Teacher of the Year." On April 3, 2008, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard credited Gatto with adding the expression "dumbing us down" to the school debate worldwide. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 165761839
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Book Title: Weapons of Mass Instruction : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New Society Publishers, The Limited
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2010
Topic: Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education, Sociology / General, History, Educators
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Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: John Taylor Gatto
Item Width: 6 in
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