{"product_id":"the-book-of-learning-and-forgetting-paperback-softback-9780807737507","title":"The Book of Learning and Forgetting (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807737507","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Book of Learning and Forgetting\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807737507\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e144 pages, Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.3 x 1 cm, 0.214 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this thought-provoking book, Frank Smith explains how schools and educational authorities systematically obstruct the powerful inherent learning abilities of children, creating handicaps that often persist through life. The author contrasts a false and fabricated \"\"official theory\"\" that learning is work (used to justify the external control of teachers and students through excessive regulation and massive testing) with a correct but officially suppressed \"\"classic view\"\" that learning is a social process that can occur naturally and continually through collaborative activities. This book should be of interest in a time whan national authorities continue to blame teachers and students for alleged failures in education. It should help teachers and parents to combat sterile attitudes toward teaching and learning and help them to prevent current practices from doing further harm.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA Tale of Two Visions\u003cbr\u003e A Question of Identity\u003cbr\u003e The Immensity of Children's Learning\u003cbr\u003e Joining the Literacy Club\u003cbr\u003e Learning through Life (plus some typical objections)\u003cbr\u003e Undermining Traditional Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e Fabricating A Theory of Learning\u003cbr\u003e Entry of the Testers\u003cbr\u003e More Fallout from War\u003cbr\u003e The Official Theory Goes on-line (plus some more objections)\u003cbr\u003e Liberating Our Own Learning\u003cbr\u003e Liberating Schools and Education (plus some final objections).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523092902168,"sku":"9780807737507","price":23.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-book-of-learning-and-forgetting-paperback-softback-9780807737507","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}