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The book of learning and forgetting / Frank Smith.

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The Center Library 370.15 Smi 1998 146564 Stacks Checked out 02/28/2017

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  • ISBN: 080773750X
  • ISBN: 9780807737507
  • Physical Description: viii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, ©1998.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note: What's going on here? -- A tale of two visions -- The classic view of learning and forgetting -- A question of identity -- The immensity of children's learning -- Joining the literacy club -- Learning through life -- The official theory of learning and forgetting -- Undermining traditional wisdom -- Fabricating a theory of learning -- The entry of the testers -- More spoils of war -- The official theory goes on-line -- Repairing the damage -- Liberating our own learning -- Liberating schools and education.
Summary, etc.: "Explains how schools and educational authorities systematically obstruct the powerful inherent learning abilities of children, creating handicaps that often persist through life."--Back cover.
Subject: Learning, Psychology of.
Memory.
Learning, Psychology of.
Memory.

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