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Starting Strong: A Different Look at Children, Schools, and Standards

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Starting Strong: A Different Look at Children, Schools, and Standards - Carini, Patricia F, and Lytle, Susan L (Editor), and Cochran-Smith, Marilyn (Editor)
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In an elegant affirmation of human capacity and creativity, Patricia Carini counters high-stakes testing, the pathologizing of children, and the unrelenting critique of the public schools with a persuasive account of how children, all children , actively make sense of the world and their experience through the making of works such as drawings, constructions, and writings. This engaging and vivid account of the day-to-day possibilities of learning and teaching, and ultimately the remaking of the schools, is indispensable ...

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Starting Strong: A Different Look at Children, Schools, and Standards 2001, Teachers College Press, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780807741320

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