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Cockeyed Education
Gerard Giordano
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Description for Cockeyed Education
Hardback. This book enables readers to differentiate substantive from cockeyed suggestions for improving schools. It directs them to the suggestions that scholastic experts, politicians, and members of the public have made. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 429.
Should educators pay students? Should they make them wear sunglasses, regulate their clothing, allow them to bring animals into classrooms, discourage them from playing videogames, or transform their schools into gymnasiums? These are some of the suggestions that Cockeyed Education examines. This book enables readers to differentiate substantive from cockeyed suggestionsfor improving schools.. It directs them to the suggestions that scholastic experts, politicians, and members of the public have made. Additionally, it introduces them to the case method. It helps them apply this analytical technique to events that range from early Chicago schooling to the 2009 economic stimulus package. ... Read more
Should educators pay students? Should they make them wear sunglasses, regulate their clothing, allow them to bring animals into classrooms, discourage them from playing videogames, or transform their schools into gymnasiums? These are some of the suggestions that Cockeyed Education examines. This book enables readers to differentiate substantive from cockeyed suggestionsfor improving schools.. It directs them to the suggestions that scholastic experts, politicians, and members of the public have made. Additionally, it introduces them to the case method. It helps them apply this analytical technique to events that range from early Chicago schooling to the 2009 economic stimulus package. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781607094340
SKU
V9781607094340
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Ref
99-15
About Gerard Giordano
Gerard Giordano is professor of education at the University of North Florida. He has written ten books about education. His most recent book, which was published by Rowman and Littlefield, focused on the case method.
Reviews for Cockeyed Education
Cockeyed Education by Gerry Giordano will be to the case study method in education what Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s Freakonomics was to the field of economics. From the pithy title to the contents of the ten chapters, Giordano’s engaging style coupled with the lively, even playful, analysis of topics ranging from journalism to video gaming, from paying kids for ... Read more