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Dumb ideas won't create smart kids : straight talk about bad school reform, good teaching, and better learning / Eric M. Haas, Gustavo E. Fischman, and Joe Brewer ; foreword by George Lakoff.
Van Pelt Library LB2822.8 .H33 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haas, Eric (Eric M.), author.
- Fischman, Gustavo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 118 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- The metaphors and prototypes of the predominant fast-thinking educationalese
- Can educationalese trump contrary evidence and attempts at contrary logic?
- Fast and slow rationality and learning
- The growth metaphors and the transaction classroom: More accurate and less prevalent
- Putting smarter fast and slow thinking into practice
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807755532
- 0807755532
- OCLC:
- 873761967
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