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School Blues
Daniel Pennac
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Description for School Blues
Paperback. A humorous and incisive reflection on education - the autobiography of a dunce who became a brilliant teacher and a bestselling author. Translator(s): Ardizzone, Sarah. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 180.
Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever. In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject education; how children can be captivated by inventive thinking; how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning. Haunted by memories of his own turbulent time in the classroom, Pennac enacts dialogues with his teachers, his parents and ... Read more
Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever. In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject education; how children can be captivated by inventive thinking; how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning. Haunted by memories of his own turbulent time in the classroom, Pennac enacts dialogues with his teachers, his parents and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Maclehose Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
204g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906694876
SKU
V9781906694876
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About Daniel Pennac
Daniel Pennac was born in 1944 in Morocco. He was a teacher before becoming a writer of books for children and a series of hugely successful humorous novels. A continued interest in education and social affairs led to his book The Rights of the Reader, and thereafter to School Blues, for which he won the Prix Renaudot. Sarah ... Read more
Reviews for School Blues
'What Pennac has to say in this impressionistic, entertaining, provocative and insightful book is of relevance to anyone involved in education. 9/10.' Martin Spice, TES.
TES
'Describes what faces a school dunce when the teacher before him cannot recall what it felt like to be ignorant ... Playfully written ... School Blues joyously combines the profound with the ... Read more
TES
'Describes what faces a school dunce when the teacher before him cannot recall what it felt like to be ignorant ... Playfully written ... School Blues joyously combines the profound with the ... Read more