Comments on: 7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 79)

By: My Feminine Mind

My Feminine Mind — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:50:24 +0000

I would recommend How Children Learn by John Holt. Or anything by John Holt, really.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:23:29 +0000

Read The Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto. Fascinating! Actually, read anything by John Taylor Gatto!

By: 'Becca

'Becca — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:33:04 +0000

I took an educational policy course in college, and one book we read that was very enlightening was called The One Best System. It explains how the Industrial Revolution mindset of having an overarching, standardized system for everything transferred to education and where some of the ideas now firmly established (esp. in American high schools) came from.

BYOB heaven! Probably there is some profound meaning in that concept which you have not yet discerned.

By: Angie

Angie — Sun, 09 May 2010 19:50:18 +0000

Laughed at the BYOB take! Very funny.

A book recommendation- The Risk of Education by Luigi Giussani

By: Melora

Melora — Sun, 09 May 2010 02:33:53 +0000

The End of Education, by Neil Postman, was interesting and talked about education history. Religious Literacy, by Stephen Prothero, was also good. And then I have to recommend The Well Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer, and The Latin Centered Curriculum, by Andrew Campbell, which are mostly just about educating children, not so much history, but very good.

By: Lady of the Lakes

Lady of the Lakes — Sat, 08 May 2010 21:27:06 +0000

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By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 08 May 2010 14:42:21 +0000

Christ is risen!
Regarding reading about the history of education, if you go to the link below (which is the parish homepage of a priest friend of ours) & click on "Re-thinking Catholic Education" to the right, you will find some interesting info./links on this topic:
http://www.saintmarychurch.us/
Happy Mother's Day!
God bless–

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 08 May 2010 04:01:08 +0000

#80–wow am I ever late this week! I almost had "Saturday Quick Takes" this week.
Have a great Mother's Day!

By: EandE

EandE — Sat, 08 May 2010 02:55:43 +0000

Regarding different school systems, you might look at this book that I read while getting an MAed. Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform. It is about the shifting focus of public education in the US. It is not, however, an unbiased view.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743203267/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0684844176&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1AP6GBKFGW8BW64CJXCP

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:50:01 +0000

St. Francis de Sales is the patron saint of my church. I had no idea all of this information about him – thank-you!

Happy Mother's Day!