Why knowledge matters : rescuing our children from failed educational theories / E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald), 1928- author.
2016
LB1570 .H57 2016 (Mapit)
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Title Why knowledge matters : rescuing our children from failed educational theories / E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
Author Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald), 1928- author.
ISBN 9781612509525 (paperback)
1612509525 (paperback)
9781612509532 (hardcover)
1612509533 (hardcover)
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number LB1570 .H57 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 372
Summary Educator E.D. Hirsch, Jr. addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform -- over-testing, teacher blaming, preschool fadeout, and the persistence of achievement gaps over time. In each case, he shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences. Drawing on findings in neuroscience and data from France, he provides evidence for the argument that a coherent, knowledge-based elementary curriculum is essential to providing the foundations for children's life success and ensuring equal opportunity for students of all backgrounds.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-257) and index.
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Prologue: The tyranny of three ideas
The invalid testing of students
The scapegoating of teachers
Preschool and the persistence of fadeout
The dilution of the elementary curriculum
The persistence of achievement gaps
The tribulations of the common core
The educational fall of France
The knowledge-based school
Epilogue: Breaking free
Appendix I: The origins of natural-development theories of education
Appendix II: Translations of French reports
Appendix III: The Japanese early science curriculum.

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