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pb |
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9781931498784 |
| Publisher: |
Chelsea Green |
| Release Date: |
2005-04-04 |
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ITEM OVERVIEW
Jensen draws on his experiences as a teacher in both a university and a maximum security prison to argue for a new model of education. He paints a grim picture of a system that teaches students to mistrust their own experience and prepare for a 9–5 life of unrelenting monotony. He offers a new vision of education as the ultimate liberation—joyful, fun, an experience leading back to self, and a direct experience of the world. A startling and provocative look at teaching, writing, creativity, and life.
"The clarity and force of these ideas cult like a scalpel in the hands of a surgeon, preserving the vital, removing the diseased. Mr. Jensen burns sharp holes in the dark places of those rituals we have been tricked into believing are education. We owe him a debt of gratitude for these transformational insights. Read this book!" —John Taylor Gatto, author of Dumbing Us Down
"A superb commentary on learning, for both teachers and students—practical and visionary at the same time." —Howard Zinn
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