Doomed to fail : the built-in defects of American education / Paul A. Zoch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zoch, Paul A. (Paul Allen), 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--United States--Philosophy--History.

Education.

Student-centered learning.

United States.

Philosophy.

History.

Student-centered learning--United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 237 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2004.

Summary:

Tracing the development of educational ideas in the United States from William James to the present day, Mr. Zoch shows how they have given the schools an obsessive focus on teachers and their teaching methods while neglecting the disciplined effort and hard work that students must expend in order to achieve. ""Thoughtful and important....A book that should be read by anyone who cares about realistic school reform."" --Diane Ravitch

Contents:

Preface: Maybe If You'd Sing and Dance, We'd Learn This Stuff ix

1 William James and Pre-Progressive Educational Thinking 3

2 The Progressive Paradigm, Part One: Behaviorism and the Individualized Stimulus 24

3 The Progressive Paradigm, Part Two: The Quest for Social and Individual Integration 47

4 The Progressive Paradigm, Part Three: The Cult of the Child 77

5 The Revolving Revolution: Education After Behaviorism 108

6 Pedagogue-Centric Education: The Omnipotent/Incompetent Teacher, the Irrelevant Student, and the "Textbook Garbage" 148

7 Where Education Succeeds: The Absence of the Progressive Paradigm in Japan 173

8 What Is to Be Done? 196.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229) and index.

ISBN:

1566635675

OCLC:

53289690