false 3 41 40 true 6401797 read 1 true 4922434 currently-reading 0 true 4922433 to-read <![CDATA[Rob added 'The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65542839 to: The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School (Paperback) by Neil Postman
A very interesting and deep discussion of the idea that the "end" of education should be to create a "public," meaning we need some common national narratives, or reasons for teaching and learning that hold up. Making good money in the future just isn't enough for students. This is a deep and thoughtful book overall. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Rob]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/184394-a-reason-for-teaching Rob made a comment in the Educator Book Club group:

I just read Neil Postman's The End of Education which proposes that we need common inspiring reasons for teaching and learning. Raif Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire deals with this as well. I'm so interested in this philosophical side of teaching that gets drowned out by methodological discussions that I've started a blog.The End of Education Redefining the Value of SchoolTeach Like Your Hair's on Fire The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

Check out my new blog and tell me what you think:

http://howtobeateacher@blogspot.com

Rob ]]> <![CDATA[Rob joined a group.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/114.Educator_Book_Club Rob joined the Educator Book Club and Philosophy groups. ]]> <![CDATA[Rob added 'A History of Western Philosophy']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54188535 A History of Western Philosophy (Paperback) by Bertrand Russell
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