Name: All Work and no Play. How Educational Reforms are Harming our Preschoolers (Childhood in America)
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Author: Sharna Olfman
ISBN: 9780275977689

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All Work and no Play. How Educational Reforms are Harming our Preschoolers (Childhood in America)

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Physical Book

Publisher

Praeger

Author

Sharna Olfman

Year

2003

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Hardcover

Weight

ISBN

0275977684

ISBN13

9780275977689

Synopsis "All Work and no Play. How Educational Reforms are Harming our Preschoolers (Childhood in America) "

Educators, neurologists, and psychologists explain how the high-stakes testing movement, and the race to wire classrooms, is actually stunting our children's intellects, blocking brain development and sometimes fueling mental illness. These experts, including a Pulitzer-Prize nominee, explain why play is not a luxury, but rather a necessity of learning. Testing and technology has become a mantra in American schools, reaching down as far as kindergarten and preschool as politicians and policymakers aim to ensure that our country has a competitive edge in today's information-based economy. But top educators and child development experts are battling such reforms. Here, educators, neurologists, and psychologists explain how the high-stakes testing movement, and the race to wire classrooms, is actually stunting our children's intellects, blocking brain development and sometimes fueling mental illness. These experts, including a Pulitzer-Prize nominee, explain why play is not a luxury, but rather a necessity of learning. This book also spotlights a program at Yale University that, in response to the dearth of play in preschool curricula, emphasized learning through play for youngsters. Children who participated scored significantly higher on tests of school readiness. In addition, an internationally recognized expert explains why-in striking contrast to U.S. policies starting academics in preschool-several European countries are raising the age when they begin formal schooling to 6 or 7.

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