Education and EcstasyDelacorte Press, 1968 - 239 pages Education and Ecstasy, by George Leonard, was originally written as a call for reform in America's school systems. This book reveals the deep-rooted structural problems in American schools-problems which still plague us. Leonard proposes that long school days and tedious homework are not ways to encourage learning; that teachers are overworked and underpaid. He proposes ways to integrate new methods of teaching that are still valuable and applicable today. |
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... beginning . To peer into the more complex workings of the brain requires a computer that fills a room and a tiny electric probe that pierces a single neuron . Several research teams are using these and other modern tools to deduce new ...
... beginning . To peer into the more complex workings of the brain requires a computer that fills a room and a tiny electric probe that pierces a single neuron . Several research teams are using these and other modern tools to deduce new ...
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... beginning to gain support in other labs . Dr. Phillip G. Nelson at the National Institute of Health has shown that the nerve cells in the spinal cord interact , not only by firing bursts from one to the other , but also on the basis of ...
... beginning to gain support in other labs . Dr. Phillip G. Nelson at the National Institute of Health has shown that the nerve cells in the spinal cord interact , not only by firing bursts from one to the other , but also on the basis of ...
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... beginning of , say , ' math class ' for anyone who cared to attend . If the class was made interesting enough — a heroic endeavor un- der the circumstances - quite a few kids would come . But the enormous inefficiency and the expense of ...
... beginning of , say , ' math class ' for anyone who cared to attend . If the class was made interesting enough — a heroic endeavor un- der the circumstances - quite a few kids would come . But the enormous inefficiency and the expense of ...
Contents
VISITING DAY 2001 A D | 139 |
WE FIND JOHNNY | 157 |
THE FUTURE NOW | 175 |
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