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The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children's mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans' ways of thinking about children's learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: European Antecedents
Chapter 1 A Perspective on Teaching Out of the Depths of Time
Chapter 2 Greek Philosophers Focus on a World Beyond the Senses
Chapter 3 New Views of the Natural World
Chapter 4 New Views of Human Consciousness and Learning
Chapter 5. New Views of Children and Childhood
Chapter 6. New Views of Authority in Societies and Schools
Chapter 7. New Ideals for Human Life and Learning
Chapter 8 An Influential Educator Reflects the Currents of His Time
Chapter 9. New Views and Ideals All Coalesce in One Man's Mind
Chapter 10 Basic Guidelines for the Western-Contemporary Paradigm
Part II: American Responses
Chapter 11 Evolving Notions of Child-Rearing in Pre-Civil War America
Chapter 12 Emerging Social Currents in Post-Civil War America
Chapter 13 Emerging Intellectual Currents in Post-Civil War America
Chapter 14 American Educational Metamorphosis I: Socially Efficient Education
Chapter 15. American Educational Metamorphosis II: Child-Centered Teaching
Chapter 16 American Educational Metamorphosis III: A "Given" Joins the Establishment
Part III: Tomorrow's Opportunities
Chapter 17 Which Problems Is it Now More Significant to Solve?
Chapter 18 Toward a New Paradigm: Seven Assertions to Think With
Index
About the Author
About the author
By Cornelius N. Grove
Summary
The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children’s mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans’ ways of thinking about children’s learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude.
