| Description |
xii, 289 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Meet the R-bbit : The R-bbit at work ; Why the R-bbit is rife ; What's wrong with the R-bbit ; Why the R-bbit is a threat ; The explorers' point of view ; What this has to do with children -- 2. The learners' clubs : The world of speech ; The revolution that died in schools ; Learning about language incidentally ; Joining the spoken language club ; How children learn ; Joining the literacy club ; Assistance across time and space ; Learning in other clubs -- 3. Why learning sometimes fails : Learning instead of understanding ; Memory, motivation, and effort ; The myth of learning disabilities ; Wastelands of school instruction ; Some children's opinions ; Learning and feelings ; The learners' manifesto -- 4. How not to create an expert : Where all the R-bbits came from ; The programmatic control of instruction ; how not to create an expert ; Turning sense and nonsense upside down ; The rise and decline of mastery learning ; Confusing teaching and learning ; Confusing education and entertainment -- 5. The nonsense industry : The myth of quality-controlled education ; Education's moon ; Some personal confessions ; The entry of the publishers ; Recognizing the R-bbit ; Staggered sentences ; The duck that became and R-bbit ; Brining the nonsense home ; Prophets and messiahs ; The entry of the software producers ; How to write educational software ; When experts become naive ; Teaching students to "think" ; The myth of the omniscient outsider ; A question of time |
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6. The tyranny of testing : Teaching to the test ; The roots of testing ; The short right answer ; The universal currency of the grade ; Learning and thinking ; The consequences of tests ; Discrimination against the confused ; The involvement of parents ; Concern in the colleges ; Controlling the classroom ; Control through evaluation ; Teachers versus technocrats ; The downhill pursuit of minimum competencies ; From mastery to minimums ; Unlearned lessons from history ; The smokescreen of "excellence" ; Excellence in place of teachers ; Testing in the future -- 7. Good teaching: the practical alternative : The good teacher ; Teachers and clubs ; Clubs in the classroom ; The criteria of learning ; Clubs ; Combating a common enemy ; Expanding ripples of resistance ; Collaboration among students ; Collaboration between students and teachers ; Collaboration among teachers -- 8. The promise and threat of computers : Games and simulations ; Simulating language ; The misuse of games and simulations ; COmputers as information systems ; Computers and creativity ; Composer, conductor, and orchestra ; Old worlds and new ; Acknowledging the danger ; Brining people together ; The future -- 9. Protecting children and schools : Creating an educational crisis ; Laying the blame ; The transformation of teachers ; The right of parents to be involved ; What parents should look for ; Talking with the teacher ; To the principal, and beyond ; meeting the objections ; Checklist for parents |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Arbor House, c1986 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 271-281 |
| Subject |
Education -- Aims and objectives.
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Educational tests and measurements.
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Grading and marking (Students)
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Instructional systems -- United States.
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Learning, Psychology of.
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Teaching.
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| LC no. |
88008082 |
| ISBN |
043508478X (paperback) |
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