Making Minds What's Wrong with Education - and What Should We Do about It [Paperback]

Making Mindsis a controversial critique of our education systems. The author is a school leader at the forefront of scientific and technological advancement in schools who, as an American, felt comfortable taking on the British establishment (The Times Educational Supplement).

Making Mindsis written for general readers- especially parents- as well as educational professionals. The book examines the underlying limitations that have been accepted in education over the past two thousand years. The author challenges common assumptions about education through evidence-based, political, ethical, and emotional arguments, as well as examining case studies such as university admissions and the autism epidemic.

Making Mindsdescribes a more productive scientific approach to learning, drawing on recent research findings, particularly in the US and UK. The author illustrates how new research methods, new technologies, and very recent discoveries in neuroscience that will, in the end, allow us to make minds.

Introduction  1.In the beginning  2.Education as segregation  3.Globalizing learning  4.Education as prejudice  5.Learning from our mistakes  6.Education as politics  7.Free learning  8.The future of learning with technology  9.In the end  Notes  Index

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