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New Society Publishers, The Limited
ISBN-10
0865716692
ISBN-13
9780865716698
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Weapons of Mass Instruction : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Sociology / General, Propaganda, History, Educators
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Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
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0.5 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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"John Taylor Gatto has been a hero of mine for years. He has the courage to challenge an educational system that is obsolete and out of touch with reality. Years ago, he gave me the courage to speak out and write my books. I trust this book will give you the courage to speak out." -- Robert Kiyosaki, author, Rich Dad, Poor Dad "For over 20 years John Taylor Gatto has been working tirelessly to teach us the truth about our educational system - that compulsory schooling does not work to foster a democratic way of life." -- Mary Leue, Founder of the Albany Free School "All of Gatto's words shine. Let's have Gatto as US Secretary of Education and then, this time, he can blow it all up." -- George Meegan, author of The Longest Walkand world record holder, longest unbroken march in human history "We accept Mr Gatto's invitation to an open conspiracy against forced schooling here in Europe as well. The virtues of this book, its precise ideas, realistic proposals and sharp conscience, class it among the best works of Thoreau, Jefferson, Hume or Diderot. A masterly book." -- The Kadmos Paris Magazine, Paris, October 2008. "In Weapons of Mass Instruction, John Taylor Gatto points out the folly of the business of American education, especially standardized testing. Listen up, for children's sake." -- Wendy Zeigler, artist and former student of John Taylor Gatto. "It happens rarely, but whenever I do read a newspaper, listen to the radio, or watch television, on a variety of topics, I find myself wondering, "How? How can this happen? How can people be so gullible". Gatto has an answer and it is disturbing as well as compelling: 20th Century US education. His argument renews gratitude to my father for having given me the chance to dodge full immersion in the homogenizing machine, and makes me more determined than ever to pass this gift of becoming an individual on to my own children." -- Tania Aebi, author of Maiden Voyage; and world record holder, first circumnavigation of the world by a solo female sailor "I run a school. John Gatto is my conscience. He has taught me to hate school and love learning. This book will do that for others, and we need them." -- Becky Elder, Northfield School of The Liberal Arts, "John Taylor Gatto has been a hero of mine for years. He has the courage to challenge an educational system that is obsolete and out of touch with reality. Years ago, he gave me the courage to speak out and write my books. I trust this book will give you the courage to speak out." -- Robert Kiyosaki, author, Rich Dad, Poor Dad "For over 20 years John Taylor Gatto has been working tirelessly to teach us the truth about our educational system - that compulsory schooling does not work to foster a democratic way of life." -- Mary Leue, Founder of the Albany Free School "All of Gatto's words shine. Let's have Gatto as US Secretary of Education and then, this time, he can blow it all up." -- George Meegan, author of The Longest Walk and world record holder, longest unbroken march in human history "We accept Mr Gatto's invitation to an open conspiracy against forced schooling here in Europe as well. The virtues of this book, its precise ideas, realistic proposals and sharp conscience, class it among the best works of Thoreau, Jefferson, Hume or Diderot. A masterly book." -- The Kadmos Paris Magazine, Paris, October 2008. "In Weapons of Mass Instruction, John Taylor Gatto points out the folly of the business of American education, especially standardized testing. Listen up, for children's sake." -- Wendy Zeigler, artist and former student of John Taylor Gatto. "It happens rarely, but whenever I do read a newspaper, listen to the radio, or watch television, on a variety of topics, I find myself wondering, "How? How can this happen? How can people be so gullible". Gatto has an answer and it is disturbing as well as compelling: 20th Century US education. His argument renews gratitude to my father for having given me the chance to dodge full immersion in the homogenizing machine, and makes me more determined than ever to pass this gift of becoming an individual on to my own children." -- Tania Aebi, author of Maiden Voyage ; and world record holder, first circumnavigation of the world by a solo female sailor "I run a school. John Gatto is my conscience. He has taught me to hate school and love learning. This book will do that for others, and we need them." -- Becky Elder, Northfield School of The Liberal Arts
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
379.23
Table Of Content
Dedication Prologue: Against School 1 Everything You Know about Schools is Wrong 2 Walkabout: London 3 Fat Stanley and the Lancaster Amish 4 David Sarnoff's Classroom 5 Hector Isn't the Problem 6 The Camino de Santiago 7 Weapons of Mass Instruction 8 What is Education? 9 A Letter to my Granddaughter about Dartmouth 10 Incident at Highland High Afterword: Invitation to an Open Conspiracy: The Bartleby Project Index About the Author
Synopsis
Expose the hidden mechanisms that turn curious children into compliant workers. John Taylor Gatto's explosive follow-up to Dumbing Us Down reveals the specific techniques schools use to destroy imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as rote memorization rather than creative discovery. The Weaponization of Education: This isn't conspiracy theory - it's documented history. Gatto traces how compulsory schooling was deliberately designed by industrialists to create predictable, manageable workers, not independent thinkers or entrepreneurs. What You'll Uncover: Historical evidence of how modern schooling was designed to serve industrial interests Psychological manipulation techniques used to break children's natural learning instincts The testing industrial complex that profits from keeping children dependent and confused Alternative learning models that actually develop human potential and creativity Practical steps for protecting your child's intellectual development and natural curiosity Breaking Free from Educational Control: Thousands of families have used Gatto's insights to create educational alternatives that honor children's natural genius while preparing them for success in the real world, not just the artificial world of institutional schooling. Continue your educational freedom journey. If Dumbing Us Down opened your eyes, this book will show you exactly how to fight back against the systematic destruction of human potential., The transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn. John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction , now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down , introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling. Gatto demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of pedagogy, he argues, is to render the common population manageable. To that end, young people must be conditioned to rely upon experts, to remain divided from natural alliances and to accept disconnections from their own lived experiences. They must at all costs be discouraged from developing self-reliance and independence. Escaping this trap requires a strategy Gatto calls "open source learning" which imposes no artificial divisions between learning and life. Through this alternative approach our children can avoid being indoctrinated-only then can they achieve self-knowledge, good judgment, and courage., Compulsory schooling cripples imagination, critical thinking, and strips youth of their best qualities, producing a nation of employees. Weapons of Mass Instruction shows how to escape this trap and help develop more meaningful lives.
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