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WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION IBD

JOHN TAYLOR GATTO
NEW CATALYST BOOKS
04 / 2010
9780865716698
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Sinopsis

The transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn.áJohn Taylor GattoâÇÖsáWeapons of Mass Instructioná, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. GattoâÇÖs earlier book,áDumbing Us Downá, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular.áWeapons of Mass Instructionáadds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.áGatto demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of pedagogy, he argues, is to render the common population manageable. To that end, young people must be conditioned to rely upon experts, to remain divided from natural alliances and to accept disconnections from their own lived experiences. They must at all costs be discouraged from developing self-reliance and independence.áEscaping this trap requires a strategy Gatto calls 'open source learning' which imposes no artificial divisions between learning and life. Through this alternative approach our children can avoid being indoctrinated-only then can they achieve self-knowledge, good judgment, and courage.

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