The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential

By John Mighton

Book Overview

A revolutionary call for a new understanding of how people learn.

The End of Ignorance conceives of a world in which no child is left behind--a world based on the assumption that each child has the potential to be successful in every subject. John Mighton argues that by recognizing the barriers that we have experienced in our own educational development, by identifying the moment that we became disenchanted with a certain subject and forever closed ourselves off to it, we will be able to eliminate these same barriers from standing in the way of our children.

A passionate examination of our present education system, The End of Ignorance shows how we all can work together to reinvent the way that we are taught.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0676979645
• ISBN13: 9780676979640
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The right direction

As a teacher of language I found this book by a math PhD to be enlightening and inspiring. Mighton (who has also published two plays), approaches teaching from a connections perspective i.e. how can we effectively engage students and draw their attention to concepts and exercises that they will eventually find fascinating. As a teacher, Mighton shares his challenges, failures and successes in a frank and reflective style. Easily on par with and perhaps better -considering his insights with respect to recent research- than any book I encountered in professional teaching certification and qualification programs.