Anyone who thinks the educational system needs to be revamped may want to take a jaunt down the metaphorical yellow brick road of The Theory of Oz: Rediscovering the Aims of Education. [This book]...includes chapters titled 'Brains', 'Heart', 'Courage', and 'Home', elements that Good expounds upon as critical to a complete education. [The author] uses anecdotes from his experiences as ... Read morea parent, teacher and former school-board member as well as known and little-known aspects of The Wizard of Oz, both the movie classic and the book, to illustrate his ideas.
Daily Freeman, (Kingston, Ny)
SUNY New Paltz professor of journalism Good weds the Ivory Tower to the Yellow Brick Road in a heavily footnoted book that challenges the primacy of standardized testing, urging teachers to frame education as a search for Brains, Heart, Courage, and Home.
Chronogram
Howard Good...looks at the current education system and its preoccupation with testing and sorting students according to one national standard. [The book] provides teachers with advice on helping students find a love for learning and giving them a sense of belonging.
Poughkeepsie Journal, (Poughkeepsie, Ny)
The author, a journalism professor and former school board president, explores the metaphoric connections between education goals and the four travelers in The Wizard of Oz. He examines the desires of the Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and Dorothy, and suggests activities to help teachers in developing in their students a love of learning, empathy, moral courage, and a sense of belonging.
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