01319nam a2200229 a 450000500170000000800410001701000150005802000180007305000280009110000170011924501380013626000430027430000270031750000510034452004820039552100080087765000450088565000500093065000380098065000480101870000230106620140310183529.0111014s19uu    xx            00    eng d  a2009006370  a9781855396234  aLC 191.8.G7b.Ab34 2010  aAbbott, John  aOverschooled but undereducated :bhow the crisis in education is jeopardizing our adolescents /cJohn Abbott with Heather MacTaggart.  aLondon ; New York :bContinuum,c2010.  axxiv, 310 p. :c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents:	 A fable: the whole story in fewer than 2,500 words -- Wonder of learning -- Human nature: a brain for all times -- Nurture and culture -- Hands-on apprentices to hands-off pupils -- Lest we fail to learn from our mistakes -- Adolescents left out -- What kind of education for what kind of world? -- Knowing what we know; what�s to be done? -- Appendix A: the 21st century learning initiative -- Appendix B: Synthesis -- Appendix C: Prophets of a future not our own  aEDU  aEducationxSocial aspectszGreat Britain  aEducationxAims and objectiveszGreat Britain  aEducationzGreat BritainxHistory  aTeenagerszGreat BritainxSocial conditions  aMcTaggart, Heather