What's the Point of School?: Rediscovering the Heart of Education

by Guy Claxton

Book Overview

Why the education system is failing our kids and how we can start the revolution that will save our schools

With their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today's schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and dumbed-down exams, Claxton proves that education's key responsibility should be to create enthusiastic learners who will go on to thrive as adults...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851686037
• ISBN13: 9781851686032
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: ONEWorld Publications
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.7"