Zoch, Paul A. 1962-

Doomed to fail : the built-in defects of American education / Paul A. Zoch. - Chicago : I. R. Dee, 2004. - xviii, 237 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-229) and index.

William James and pre-progressive educational thinking -- The progressive paradigm, part one : behaviorism and the individualized stimulus -- The progressive paradigm, part two : the quest for social and individual integration -- The progressive paradigm, part three : the cult of the child -- The revolving revolution : education after behaviorism -- Pedagogue-centric education : the omnipotent/incompetent teacher, the irrelevant student, and the "textbook garbage" -- Where education succeeds : the absence of the progressive paradigm in Japan -- What is to be done?

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Education--Philosophy--History.--United States
Student-centered learning--United States.

LB 14.7 / .I63 2004