Learning versus the Common Core

• Main Author: Tampio, Nicholas
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 2019
• Edition: 1
• Series: Forerunners: Ideas First
• Subjects: Book Industry Communication; Curriculum planning & development; Curriculum planning and development; EDUCATION; Education and state-United States; Education-Standards-United States; Educational change-United States; Educational Policy & Reform; Educational strategies & policy; Educational strategies and policy; Educational systems and structures; Organization & management of education; Philosophy & theory of education; Philosophy and theory of education; Society & social sciences; Society and Social Sciences; thema EDItEUR

An open challenge to Common Core's drive for uniformity Nicholas Tampio watched as his kindergartner's class shifted from one where teachers, aides, parents, and students worked hard to create a rewarding educational experience to one in which teachers delivered hours-long lectures using p...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter Table of Contents Introduction Why We Fight The Villains The Standards Themselves The Global Dimension Pushing Back What’s the Alternative? Acknowledgments Publication History Back Matter
• Cover Title Page, Copyright Contents Introduction Why We Fight The Villains The Standards Themselves The Global Dimension Pushing Back What’s the Alternative? John Dewey’s Vision Acknowledgments Publication History
• Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Why We Fight -- The Villains -- The Standards Themselves -- The Global Dimension -- Pushing Back -- What's the Alternative? John Dewey's Vision -- Acknowledgments -- Publication History