how the crisis in education is jeopardizing our adolescents Abbott, John creator McTaggart, Heather text xx London ; New York Continuum 2010 19uu monographic eng

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xxiv, 310 p. : 21 cm. Contents: 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 EDU John Abbott with Heather MacTaggart. Includes bibliographical references and index. Education Social aspects Great Britain Education Aims and objectives Great Britain Education Great Britain History Teenagers Great Britain Social conditions LC 191.8.G7 .Ab34 2010 9781855396234 2009006370 111014 20140310183529.0