Education Uncensored: A Guide for the Aspiring, the Foolhardy, and the Disillusioned
For years people have asked me to write the book. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that I finally wrote it after my youngest went to college, in the year following my mother's death. Surely this gave me a greater perspective.
I have tried to include all of my best teaching advice, along with my personal story and my take on the current educational system. Education Uncensored is simply an attempt to tell my own truth.
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$12.95 plus shipping & handling
Paperback: 202 pages
Publisher: HomeschoolNYC.com (October, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-32529-3
Product Dimensions: 9" x 6" (trade paperback)
For years people have asked me to write the book. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that I finally wrote it after my youngest went to college, in the year following my mother's death. Surely this gave me a greater perspective.
I have tried to include all of my best teaching advice, along with my personal story and my take on the current educational system. Education Uncensored is simply an attempt to tell my own truth.
Buy the Book
$12.95 plus shipping & handling
Paperback: 202 pages
Publisher: HomeschoolNYC.com (October, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-32529-3
Product Dimensions: 9" x 6" (trade paperback)
For years people have asked me to write the book. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that I finally wrote it after my youngest went to college, in the year following my mother's death. Surely this gave me a greater perspective.
I have tried to include all of my best teaching advice, along with my personal story and my take on the current educational system. Education Uncensored is simply an attempt to tell my own truth.
Buy the Book
$12.95 plus shipping & handling
Paperback: 202 pages
Publisher: HomeschoolNYC.com (October, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-32529-3
Product Dimensions: 9" x 6" (trade paperback)
Table of Contents
Introduction: A Syllabus for Syllabi
Part One: I Become an Educator
The Professor's Daughter
Project Muse
My First Child
School and Humiliation
Volunteering in First Grade
Private Schooling
We Homeschool
The S Word
How to Learn Anything
I Find Myself
Part Two: Uncensoring Education
The Uncensored Classroom
Democracy or Dictatorship
The Intimate Classroom
Age and Grade Level
A Test-Driven System
Child-Inspired Learning and The Three I's
The Four Levels of Teaching
The Creative Classroom
Beyond Your Four Walls
Part Three: Teaching the Subjects
A Balancing Act of Feeding the Brain
Math
The Polygon Alphabet Code
Science
Make Your Own Invention
Social Studies
The Timeline
Primary Sources
The Interview
Creating Historical Fiction
Making Classifications
Living History Theater
Language Arts
Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Spelling Concentration
Handwriting
Writing
Assessments
Setting Attainable Goals
Great Curriculum Ideas
The Take-Out Curriculum
Restaurant Curriculum
Zoo Curriculum
The Herbal Curriculum
Fairytale Literature
Make Your Own Board Game
Respecting Our Future
Appendix: Suggested Reading On Education
Sample chapter: "A Balancing Act of Feeding the Brain" (pdf format)
Read an excerpt, as printed in the NYCHEA newsletter (pdf format)
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