عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
LC131 .G38 2009
LC131
.
G38
2009
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0865716315 (bound)
(Number (ISBN
0865716692 (pbk.)
(Number (ISBN
9780865716315 (bound)
(Number (ISBN
9780865716698 (pbk.)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Country Code
bnb
Country Code
dnb
Number
b429021
Number
b429021
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Weapons of mass instruction :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a schoolteacher's journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling /
First Statement of Responsibility
John Taylor Gatto.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Gabriola Island, B.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
New Society Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
215 p. :
Other Physical Details
port. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Prologue : against school -- Everything you know about schools is wrong -- Walkabout : London -- Fat Stanley and the Lancaster Amish -- David Sarnoff's classroom -- Hector isn't the problem -- The Camino de Santiago -- Weapons of mass instruction -- What is education? -- A letter to my granddaughter about Dartmouth -- Incident at Highland High -- Afterword : invitation to an open conspiracy : the Bartleby Project.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The author accuses compulsory education methods of stifling imaginations and critical thinking skills, and discusses individuals such as Thomas Edison, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, who are considered to have exceptional minds, even though they but did not follow traditional education paths.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Education-- Philosophy.
Education-- United States-- Aims and objectives.
Education, Compulsory-- United States.
Educational sociology-- United States.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
379
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2/30973
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
LC131
Book number
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G38
2009
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Gatto, John Taylor.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20110601134400.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
