What Does it Mean to Be Well Educated? And Other Essays on

What Does it Mean to Be Well Educated? And Other Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies

Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. Time magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores.' And the Washington Post says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests a fact of life in every U.S. school.'

In this new collection of essays, Kohn takes on some of the most important and controversial topics in education of the last few years. His central focus is on the real goals of education-a topic, he argues, that we systematically ignore while lavishing attention on misguided models of learning and counterproductive techniques of motivation.

The shift to talking about goals yields radical conclusions and wonderfully pungent essays that only Alfie Kohn could have written. From the title essay's challenge to conventional, conservative definitions of a good education to essays on standards and testing and grades that tally the severe educational costs of overemphasizing a narrow conception of achievement, Kohn boldly builds on his earlier work and writes for a wide audience.

Kohn's new book will be greeted with enthusiasm by his many readers and by any teacher or parent looking for a refreshing perspective on today's debates about schools.
Country USA
Brand Beacon Press
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0807032670_Good
Model 0807032670_Good
Color White
ReleaseDate 2004-05-15
UnitCount 1
UPCs 046442032674
EANs 9780807032671

Country	USA
Brand	Beacon Press
Manufacturer	Beacon Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0807032670_Good
Model	0807032670_Good
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2004-05-15
UnitCount	1
UPCs	046442032674
EANs	9780807032671

What Does it Mean to Be Well Educated? And Other Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies

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