No More Teachers, No More Books: The Commercialization of Canada's Schools

by Heather-Jane Robertson

Book Overview

Heather-jane Robertson has been tracking the dismantling of public education in Canada for more than a decade. In No More Teachers, No More Books, she reports on developments that will come as a shock to many people who may think that the commercialization of education is just a theory, not a reality.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771075758
• ISBN13: 9780771075759
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A voice in the technological wilderness.

Heather- Jane Robertson is an eloquent voice in the a technological wilderness when she atttacks the current sacred cow in education- IT. There is no doubt that the 1960s model of education needs to change but Robertson questions the wisdom of attaching the change to the IT wagon. School administrators who are attempted to think that computers will be education's deux ex machina will find the book thought provoking because we constantly battle the balance of a student's personal development against the imperative of information.The book has a distinctly Canadian flavour but an international message.It is well worth a read and would be a great book for educational reading groups.Neil MacNeill