{"product_id":"how-school-crushes-creativity-karma-peters-9781506091242","title":"How School Crushes Creativity: And Why Self-Education Is Becoming the New Ethos","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e HAS TRADITIONAL EDUCATION BECOME AN UNHAPPY AND IRREPARABLY UNPRODUCTIVE PASSAGE FOR MOST CHILDREN?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e The answer is not clear-cut, but the question's social and economic overtones are.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe book contains a helpful \u003cstrong\u003eDiscussion Guide.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e After reading this book, you will understand: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Why schools kill creativity;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Why experts think that creatively oriented curricula can help balance the current didactic gap;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The upsetting detriments that children - and society as a whole - bear as a result of this gap; and \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Who will benefit from this book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Federal education officials, including policymakers and specialists at the Department of Education;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e State and local policymakers;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Teachers;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Teacher unions;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Education support professionals \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e District and school leaders;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Students;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Families; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Business and community leaders.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karma Peters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1506091245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506091242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.46d","brand":"Karma Peters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800332513535,"sku":"9781506091242","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-school-crushes-creativity-karma-peters-9781506091242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}