The Book of Learning and Forgetting by Frank Smith

The Book of Learning and Forgetting by Frank Smith

In this thought-provoking book, Frank Smith explains how schools and educational authorities systematically obstruct the powerful inherent learning abilities of children, creating handicaps that often persist through life. The author contrasts a false and fabricated official theory that learning is work (used to justify the external control of teachers and students through excessive regulation and massive testing) with a correct but officially suppressed classic view that learning is a social process that can occur naturally and continually through collaborative activities. This book should be of interest in a time whan national authorities continue to blame teachers and students for alleged failures in education. It should help teachers and parents to combat sterile attitudes toward teaching and learning and help them to prevent current practices from doing further harm.

Language has always piqued Frank Smith's interest. Before beginning formal academic studies in Australia, he worked as a journalist in a number of places. This resulted in a doctorate. at Harvard University, as well as further travel around the world researching, speaking, and publishing about thinking and learning. He has taught at the University of Toronto, the Ontario Centre for Studies in Education, the University of Victoria in British Columbia, and the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. He has written numerous articles and books.

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ISBN 13	9780807737507
ISBN 10	080773750X
Title	The Book of Learning and Forgetting
Author	Frank Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Teachers' College Press
Year published	1998-04-30
Number of pages	144
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