How Lincoln Learned to Read: Twelve Great Americans and the Educations That Made Them
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596912901 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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dudley said Good history of education. This is an important book, not because of insights about what is educationally helpful and what is not, as it proposes to do. The two educational points I thought it made were that the U.S. educational system has gotten better and better at offering opportunty to all, and the importance of intrinsic motivation.The educational system doesn't seem to get a lot of credit for the fact that it leads the world in providing an opportunity for education to almost all of its citizens. When you think of its exclusiveness. A great read and a remarkable achievement In his 1995 book, You Send Me: The Life And Times Of Sam Cooke, stunning as it was for a first work, author Daniel Wolff displayed a rare gift for examining the environment, the black Pentecostal church and Chicago's South Side gospel music atmosphere, that spawned the explosive talent and cultural icon that he became in his all-too-brief life and career. Wolff's penchant and interest in the factors that allow someone to become a transcendant historical figure presaged his latest work, How Lincoln Learned To Re. H, D, and A's Momma said Good stories but lacking something. I enjoyed this book, but it was not what I would call gripping. The reasons for this are several. The book includes a prologue that asks some rhetorical questions and the briefest of epilogues that attempts to tie it all together, but in between are twelve separate stories that are not really related in any way other than being about the early education of their subjects. The author attempts to keep somewhat of a narrative thread going by mentioning previously discussed people throughout the book, but in the en
These individuals range from having no formal education to attending the best schools in the land, from having a reverence for book learning to having a reverence for tinkering, from facing enormous challenges to having specialized interests. And from that starting point they pursued the particular education that best suited their needs. All rights reserved. B. Employing a lively narrative style and impressive research, Wolff presents the interlocking stories that together form a brief history of what it means to be successful in this country. Kennedy. . From School Library Journal Adult/High School—Wolff allows that several factors are involved in achieving greatness, but his focus here is on the role of childhood education (roughly toddler to teen) in the success of 12 notable Americans, discussed chronologically from Benja
Standardized testing, achievement gaps, the very purpose of public education – all have their roots in this narrative. It connects the illiterate Sojourner Truth to the privileged Jack Kennedy, takes us from Paiute Indians scavenging on western deserts to the birth of Henry Ford's assembly line. Whether you're a parent trying to make sure your child is prepared, a teacher trying to do the best possible job, or a student navigating the educational system, How Lincoln Learned to Read offers a challenge to consider what we need to know and how we learn it. Du Bois, a single, fascinating narrative emerges. Wide-ranging and meticulously researched, built mostly on primary sources, this is an American story that begins and ends with hope.. And as the book traces the education we value – both in and outside the classroom – it becomes a history of key American ideas.In the end, How Lincoln Learned to Read delivers us to today's headlines. How Lincoln Learned to Read tells the American story from a fresh and unique perspective: how do we learn what we need to know? Beginning with Benjamin Franklin and ending with Elvis Presley, author Daniel Wolff creates a series of intimate, interlocking profiles of notable Americans that track the nation's developing notion of what it means to get a "good education." From the stubborn early feminism of Abigail Adams to the miracle of Helen Keller, from the savage childhood of Andrew Jackson to the academic ambiti