What Happened To Recess and Why Are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten Trade paperback paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Ohanian, Susan
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Drawing on her 20 years of classroom experience and enriched by real-life anecdotes, Ohanian's new book explains the misguided mania for testing children, why a child's success or failure is currently determined by a set of tests, and what parents are doing to change public policy on education. 10 illustrations.
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- Title What Happened To Recess and Why Are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten
- Author Ohanian, Susan
- Binding Trade Paperback Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McGraw-Hill, Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Date 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 10181719
- ISBN 9780071383264 / 0071383263
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.12 x 0.7 in (22.76 x 15.54 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Educational tests and measurements - United, Public schools - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002003561
- Dewey Decimal Code 371.010
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From the rear cover
Union members, Army recruits, even trained animals get scheduled breaks during their workday. But not schoolchildren. With an increasing focus on standardized tests, many educators say there simply isn't time for fun and games. So preoccupied are they with preparing children for tests, that the very concept of recess is regarded as superfluous.
"What Happened to Recess and Why Are Out Children Struggling in Kindergarten? "is both a poignant commentary on the present state of our children's education and a useful tool to help the adults change it. From California to Chicago to New York, teachers complain that they "teach to the tests, not to the children." Education should be a process, they point out, not a commodity. The pro-standards faction isn't listening. The result? The act of educating is giving way to a reckless method that more resembles job training. The need for change is urgent.
Filled with actual stories from the classroom, "What Happened to Kindergarten "arms parents and teachers with the knowledge they need to fight this damaging trend. Drawing on her twenty years of classroom experience, author Susan Ohanian documents the grueling tests (some going on for five days), the fear and exhaustion children experience as a result, and how the final evaluations are often dead wrong. She then describes in detail the forces behind the pro-Standards movement, which often place political and business interests above those of the children's education.
Well-informed, highly readable, and often comical, "What Happened to Kindergarten" educates parents so they can make sure their kids are taught--not merelyevaluated.
