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The feel-good curriculum, the dumbing-down of America's kids in the name of self-esteem, Maureen Stout

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The feel-good curriculum, the dumbing-down of America's kids in the name of self-esteem, Maureen Stout

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-299) and index

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Grade level: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, i, s, t

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The feel-good curriculum

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bibliography

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43398620

Responsibility statement

Maureen Stout

Sub title

the dumbing-down of America's kids in the name of self-esteem

Table Of Contents

The false prophet of self-esteem -- pt. I. Creating a culture of therapy: how we got here from there. What is school for, anyway? ; Inside the ed school: the politics of teacher education ; What's so progressive about this? Child-centered education and the transformation of the American public school -- pt. II. Therapy nation: culture and schooling in contemporary America. The rake's progress: self-esteem takes over ; Nothing more than feelings: the naked truth about self-esteem ; Practicing self-esteem: magic, myths, and masquerades -- pt. III. Fighting back: challenging the consequences of self-esteem. Too many degrees of separation: self-esteem and the death of community ; The return of ethics in education: answering emotivism ; Back to the future: from cynicism to skepticism and hope -- Education for a new millennium

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Feel-good curriculumDumbing-down of America's kids in the name of self-esteem

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