Learning not schooling reimagining the purpose of education /

• Main Author: Lesch, Lyn, 1948-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, ©2009.
• Subjects: Education > Aims and objectives > United States.; Educational change > United States.; EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.; Education > Aims and objectives.; Educational change.; Erziehungsziel.; Schule.; United States.; USA.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 125 pages)
• Format: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124).
• ISBN: 9781607090991 (electronic bk.); 1607090996 (electronic bk.); 9781607090984 (paper); 1607090988 (paper); 9781607090977 (cloth); 160709097X (cloth)

Learning Not Schooling: Reimagining the Purpose of Education examines how both the curiosity and the initiative of students in their formative years can be stimulated by partnering local schools with the world of adult work and professional expertise. This tactic addresses some of the issues that seem to continually plague us, such as how to help students learn more effectively in the modern age, or how to more fully address some of the perpetual inequities between different socioeconomic groupings. Drawing on his experiences from founding and directing a private school for students age six to.