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Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane

Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane
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  • ISBN-13: 9780805838770
  • ISBN: 0805838775
  • Publisher: Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated, Lawrence

AUTHOR

Schank, Roger C.

SUMMARY

To hear politicians talk, one would think the entire purpose of school is to assess children rather than educate them. Excitement about learning doesn't seem to be on anyone's agenda. The villains are those who profit from testing mania, make the tests, coach for testing, publish the books on which the tests are based, and believe that the results matter. Children are being taught things they don't need to know and nobody seems to care. Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane is a cautionary tale of the dangers of educational testing and outmoded curriculum design. Bringing a new twist to Charles Dickens' classic story, A Christmas Carol Scrooge is recast as the head of an educational testing service. He is faced with the ghosts of Education Past, Present, and Future as well as his former mentor, John Dewey. As he observes a horrible future, he comes to understand the harm he has done and its repercussions on the school system. His time with the ghosts and John Dewey leads him to a dramatic turnaround regarding schools and scholastic teaching. It haunts him until he decides to undo the damage he has done to children all over the world.Schank, Roger C. is the author of 'Scrooge Meets Dick and Jane' with ISBN 9780805838770 and ISBN 0805838775.

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