Loving learning : how progressive education can save America's schools / Tom Little, and Katherine Ellison ; foreword by Ayelet Waldman.

Author/creator Little, Tom author.
Other author Ellison, Katherine, 1957- author.
Other author Waldman, Ayelet author of introduction, etc.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Description254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Progressive education--United States.
Education--Aims and objectives. --United States.
Active learning--United States.
Student-centered learning--United States.
Educational change--United States.

Contents Foreword by Ayelet Waldman -- Introduction: Meet Me at Park Day -- 1. "Remakers of Mankind" -- 2. The Rug: Teaching to the Whole Child" -- 3. The Inner Ear: Learning That Ignites Children's Senses -- 4. The Magic Circle: Building Character and Community -- 5. The Storyboard: The Progressive Heart of High Technology -- 6. Tasting the Soup: Recipes to Calm a "Testing Mania" -- 7. The Laboratory: Messiness and Failure - Progressive Education's Vulnerability and Strength -- 8. The Petition: Promoting Social Justice -- Conclusion: Back to the Future -- Epilogue -- Appendix Progressive Education Association: Seven Founding Principles -- A List of Schools Using Progressive Education Methods -- A (Somewhat Idiosyncratic) Top-Ten List of Books, Studies, and Articles Supporting the Benefits of Progressive Education -- Park Day School's Sixth-Graders' Poem to Tom Little -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014045128
ISBN9780393246162 hardcover
ISBN0393246167 hardcover
ISBN0393246175 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9780393246179 (electronic bk.)

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Joyner General Stacks LB1027.3 .L57 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold