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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Page 26
... brain , each neuron has only two possibilities , to fire or not to fire . Even so , there are enough possible combinations of the billions of neurons to account for the behavior exhibited by Beetho- ven in composing the late quartets ...
... brain , each neuron has only two possibilities , to fire or not to fire . Even so , there are enough possible combinations of the billions of neurons to account for the behavior exhibited by Beetho- ven in composing the late quartets ...
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... brain waves from an astro- naut candidate and , with a computer's help , charting them all together on a piece of paper . Looking at one of these charts , we may visualize changes in " mood . " Just where the would - be astronaut's task ...
... brain waves from an astro- naut candidate and , with a computer's help , charting them all together on a piece of paper . Looking at one of these charts , we may visualize changes in " mood . " Just where the would - be astronaut's task ...
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... brain will guarantee new techniques for achieving the human potential . But they grow cautious when asked for specific - if speculative -examples . Not so cautious are some popular books and magazines . Stretching the substance of brain ...
... brain will guarantee new techniques for achieving the human potential . But they grow cautious when asked for specific - if speculative -examples . Not so cautious are some popular books and magazines . Stretching the substance of brain ...
Contents
VISITING DAY 2001 A D | 139 |
WE FIND JOHNNY | 157 |
THE FUTURE NOW | 175 |
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