Worth the time

Just finished reading "Why Don't Student's Like School?" that I mentioned in a previous post and thought it was a good general summary of cognitive science in a very readable format. This is no small trick and I really appreciate how the author included only concepts that could be useful to teachers. I may use this in one of my classes an an optional read. It might be a good change of pace from the standard textbook.

Rocking the Status Quo

Just read a review of really interesting new book titled "Why Don't Student's Like School? in the Wall Street Journal. (You can read the review at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124079001063757515.html )

It takes on a lot of sacred cows in education like teaching "critical thinking" and "learning styles". Sound like a great read and one of those books that needed to be written. Time to check it out at the library.