How School Crushes Creativity: And Why Self-Education Is Becoming the New Ethos (The Wheel of Wisdom Book 48)

HAS TRADITIONAL EDUCATION BECOME AN UNHAPPY AND IRREPARABLY UNPRODUCTIVE PASSAGE FOR MOST CHILDREN?

The answer is not clear-cut, but the question€s social and economic overtones are.

At a time when policymakers, social commentators and parents burst beyond the public-education system€s boundaries to make topics of teacher accountability, school performance and federal subsidies a source of unending socioeconomic debate, traditional education is gradually denying students a key ingredient for existential fulfillment: creativity. The book explains why creativity and imagination are as momentous as math, reading and science, excavating new ground in the debate for a better school and supplying a theoretical foundation for the solving of some of the most vexing problems faced by modern-day educators, policymakers, social scientists and businesspeople.

>>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through thought-provoking questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it €“ alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others.

>>> After reading this book, you will understand:

• Why schools kill creativity;


• Why experts think that creatively oriented curricula can help balance the current didactic gap;


• The upsetting detriments that children €“ and society as a whole €“ bear as a result of this gap; and


• The comprehensive yet feasible solutions that policymakers can implement to fix the creativity quandary and align academic objectives with the goals of businesses and society as a whole.

>>> Who will benefit from this book? Everyone, really €“ but more importantly:

• Federal education officials, including policymakers and specialists at the Department of Education;


• State and local policymakers;


• Teachers;


• Teacher unions;


• Education support professionals;


• District and school leaders;


• Students;


• Families; and


• Business and community leaders.