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Doomed to Fail
Paul A. Zoch
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Description for Doomed to Fail
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Since hardly anyone is happy with American schools, it's always open season for school reform—with inevitable calls for better teaching, better curriculums, better organization, etc., etc. In these continuing exhortations, little attention is paid to the role of the students themselves, the object of the "learning process." In this explosive book, Paul Zoch argues that what America most needs to improve its schools is not necessarily better teachers but a wholesale shift in the way it thinks about who or what creates academic success. The tendency to look to teachers for students' achievement, he maintains, is the cause of low ... Read more
Since hardly anyone is happy with American schools, it's always open season for school reform—with inevitable calls for better teaching, better curriculums, better organization, etc., etc. In these continuing exhortations, little attention is paid to the role of the students themselves, the object of the "learning process." In this explosive book, Paul Zoch argues that what America most needs to improve its schools is not necessarily better teachers but a wholesale shift in the way it thinks about who or what creates academic success. The tendency to look to teachers for students' achievement, he maintains, is the cause of low ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635677
SKU
V9781566635677
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About Paul A. Zoch
Paul A. Zoch studied classics at the University of Texas and Indiana University, and has taught high school in Texas for sixteen years. He has participated in—and been subject to—a myriad of school reform initiatives, but he knows firsthand why they fail. He has also written Ancient Rome: An Introductory History. He is married and has a daughter, and lives ... Read more
Reviews for Doomed to Fail
Paul Zoch has written a thoughtful and important book that reflects not only his experience as a classroom teacher and his knowledge of students, but his deep scholarship. This is a book that should be read by anyone who cares about realistic school reform.
Diane Ravitch, Research Professor, New York University; Author of The Language Police Arguing...in a rigorous ... Read more
Diane Ravitch, Research Professor, New York University; Author of The Language Police Arguing...in a rigorous ... Read more