03006cam a2200349 4500 595201216 TxAuBib 20220529120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780986657610 0986657611 67f4c66e-fc60-44df-b39f-b62173c446e6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1274505 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Gatto, John Taylor. Weapons of Mass Instruction [Libby] : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling. Big Happy Family, LLC, 2012. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 235MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 235MB. Education. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>John Taylor Gatto's WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling. Gatto demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of pedagogy, he argues, is to render the common population manageable. To that end, young people must be conditioned to rely upon experts, to remain divided from natural alliances and to accept disconnections from their own lived experiences. They must at all costs be discouraged from developing self-reliance and independence. Escaping this trap requires a strategy Gatto calls "open source learning" which imposes no artificial divisions between learning and life. Through this alternative approach our children can avoid being indoctrinated-only then can they achieve self-knowledge, good judgment, and courage.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. Puttonen, Michael. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/2222-1/1274505-WeaponsOfMassInstruction.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2222-1/1274505-WeaponsOfMassInstruction.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=67F4C66E-FC60-44DF-B39F-B62173C446E6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/2222-1/1274505-WeaponsOfMassInstruction.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2222-1/1274505-WeaponsOfMassInstruction.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=67F4C66E-FC60-44DF-B39F-B62173C446E6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)