The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling, gatto exposes the hidden agendas of public schooling. John taylor gatto author visit amazons john taylor gatto page. John taylor gattos most popular book is dumbing us down. These videos consist of wellchosen excerpts from the underground history of american education, because they strike the root of the issues we see in american schools today. A schoolteachers journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling, and more on. John taylor gatto taught millions to write their own scripts. Includes harvards list of what a welleducated person should be able to do. Books recommended by john taylor gatto the ceo library. A school teachers intimate investigation into the problem of modern schooling john taylor gatto on. Whether youre just now learning about john taylor gatto s work or well versed in it, this video series is a powerful and sharable resource. The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling, the underground history of american education and weapons of mass instruction.
John gatto has been a teacher for 30 years and is a recipient of the new york state teacher of the year award. Follow john taylor gatto and explore their bibliography from s john taylor gatto author page. I trust this book will give you the courage to speak out. Feb 26, 20 a short audio presentation by john taylor gatto with added images. Interview with john taylor gatto practical homeschooling. See all books authored by john taylor gatto, including dumbing us down. John taylor gatto and the home school movement a2z. Recommend this book for everyone who has been to school themselves.
John taylor gatto 1935 is a now retired american school teacher and author of several books on education. Homeschooling and the curriculum of play by john taylor gatto. John taylor gatto was an american author and school teacher who taught in the classroom for nearly 30 years. John gatto was a teacher in new york citys public schools for over 30 years and is a recipient of the new york state teacher of the year award. After being recognized as the new york city teacher of the year in 1990, john taylor gatto stood before the crowd and outlined the problems he saw with the current educational system. The ultimate guide to raising smart kids in a broken school system. John taylor gatto was a teacher in new york for 26 years before quitting in 1991. Foundations of education for home and school susan schaeffer macaulay heads up helping.
He devoted much of his energy to his teaching career, then, following his resignation, authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. He devoted much of his energy to his teaching career, then, following his resignation, authored several books on modern education. John taylor gatto is an american retired school teacher of 29 years and 8 months and author of several books on education. The underground history of american education is a combination of all his great books. Right or wrong, john taylor gatto changed how i thought about a great many things. Books every parent should read about teaching kids with dyslexia. Top 8 recommended books for worldschooling travel world. John taylor gatto s weapons of mass instruction focuses on mechanisms of familiar schooling which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byprodu. This second edition describes the widespread impact of the book and gattos guerrilla teaching. Thanks to an old hip injury, john taylor gatto, age 65, walks with a slight limp. Oct, 2018 here are three books recommended by john taylor gatto. John taylor gatto the purpose of schooling truth versus disinformation.
An advocate for school reform, gattos books include dumbing us down. Titled dumbing us down, it was, of course, the seminal collection of john taylor gattos early lectureswritten after his departure from three decades of government, compulsory public education instruction. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A former new york state teacher of the year, john taylor gatto created a sensation when he quit his decadeslong teaching career via an essay printed in the wall street journal entitled, i quit, i think. He resigned in the oped pages of the new york times upon receiving the new york state teacher of the year award. A schoolteachers journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling the underground history of american education. John taylor gatto taught millions to write their own. The underground history of american education by john taylor gatto i cant say enough about this book. John taylor gatto the underground history of american. Three books recommended by john taylor gatto ramon thomas. Gatto is a retired american school teacher with nearly 30 years experience in the classroom, and author of several books on. He then outlines ways to revitalize the system, advocating greater emphasis on critical analysis, creativity, practicality, and realworld. John taylor gatto is one of the more widelyrecognized and wellknown voices in the everexpanding chorus of homeschoolers and unschoolers, reformists and radicals calling for the abolition of obligatory schooling, the freeing of childrens lives and minds.
Three books recommended by john taylor gatto ramon. The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling, 10th anniversary edition weapons of mass instruction. The ultimate reading list for homeschooling parents purva brown. Out of all the above books, these are my top 6 recommendations. This is a mustread if you are on the fence about homeschooling. Get a free, exclusive article, and future articles, from john taylor gatto, former new york state teacher of the year, titled. John taylor gatto, frank furedi and john holt quotations. Dumbing us down the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling john taylor gatto. John taylor gatto has been a hero of mine for years. John taylor gatto s most popular book is dumbing us down. Years ago, he gave me the courage to speak out and write my books. John taylor gatto after being recognized as the new york city teacher of the year in 1990, john taylor gatto stood before the crowd and outlined the problems he saw with the current educational system. John taylor gatto was born in monongahela, pennsylvania, a river town thirtyfive miles southeast of pittsburgh where his grandfather, harry taylor zimmer, was the town printer in the days when printers still honored their descent from peter zenger. The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling by john taylor gatto.
He did, however, give plenty of referrences in the reading text and a recommended reading list at the end. Teaching tips and techniques for working with add, adhd, and other children with challenges melinda boring. Big is an adjective former students use to describe gatto, who quit. Three books recommended by john taylor gatto ramon thomas blog. John taylor gattos weapons of mass instruction, now available in paperback. John taylor gatto has 23 books on goodreads with 31697 ratings. John attended public schools in swissvale, monongahela, and uniontown, and the private catholic boarding school in latrobe, all towns in western. Mar 02, 2017 at some point in that tenyear span, i was given a slim tome by one of my colleagues. Named new york city teacher of the year in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and new york state teacher of the year in 1991, he is markedly critical of compulsory schooling. This zine combines two of gatto s articles, and was put together in hopes of introducing. John taylor gatto december 15, 1935 october 25, 2018 was an american author and school teacher who taught in the classroom for nearly 30 years. The world according to gatto education week teacher. John taylor gatto born december 15, 1935 is a retired american school teacher with nearly 30 years experience in the classroom, and author of several books on education.
This is taken from a cspan lecture, examples of educated people. How the heart is stolen out of our children by compulsory education. A former new york teacher of the year, gatto is probably the most interesting writerspeaker on education today. Mar 31, 2009 john taylor gatto is a widelyrespected former teacher and the author of many nonfiction books on the problems of compulsory schooling. Thirty years in new york citys public schools led john taylor gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow. A large book by john taylor gatto, 9 years in the writing, telling the previously untold story of schooling as not an altruistic enterprise of enlightened men to benefit their fellow man, but an effort by rich industrialists and eugenicists to preserve the hierarchical systems on which they were dependent.
He advocates a restructuring of learning to better prepare students for life and to foster creativity and intelligence over rote memorization. He is a tireless advocate for school reform, has won numerous awards and his earlier book, dumbing us down, has sold over 100,000 copies. Weapons of mass instruction john taylor gatto great. Recommended reading list branciforte small schools campus. Home blog three books recommended by john taylor gatto. Gatto reveals the deadening heart of compulsory state schooling. My favorite parts concerned the curricula found in the nations top private schools, as opposed to the watereddown pap that is being taught to students in our public schools, the authors tales of his actual experiences as a teacher in new york, and how the homeschooling movement is affecting the education landscape. He is an activist critical of compulsory schooling, of the perceived divide between the teen years and adulthood, and of what he characterizes as the hegemonic nature of discourse on education and the education professions. He is an activist critical of compulsory schooling and of what he characterizes as the hegemonic nature of discourse on education and the education professions. Jan 01, 2006 a fascinating stroll down the education highway with an engaging author. The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling, the underground history of american education. Here are three books recommended by john taylor gatto. John taylor gatto was new york state teacher of the year prior to resigning from teaching because he didnt want to do any more harm to children. Books by john taylor gatto author of dumbing us down.
The underground history of american education, volume i. Nov 15, 2014 state teacher of the year 1991, john taylor gatto, shows us ways which many people have unlocked their dormant intelligence to live happy and meaningful lives. The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling john taylor gatto for the childrens sake. John taylor gatto is a former new york public schoolteacher who taught for thirty years and won multiple awards for his teaching. He shows that our bureaucratic schools and our bureaucratic society just get in the way of learning. John taylor gatto wrote this article for the wall street journal, july 25th, 1991. An advocate for school reform, gatto s books include dumbing us down. After teaching in the public schools for 30 years and being nominated in new york as the teacher of the year gatto wrote his observations of the traditional style of schooling. If you really wish to go down the rabbit hole of truth, then please get this book, then read the authors recommended books. John taylor gatto the purpose of schooling youtube. About the author 2001 john gatto is one of the most vocal proponents of the free school movement. The textbook style book is detailed when describing how both students and teachers are extremely bored in school, how the federal public education system is becoming a monopoly of education,and how the deliberate dumbing down of students is getting out of hand. He has been a fierce advocate for selfdirected guerrilla education for decades, and is also the author of weapons of mass instruction and the underground history of american education. Weapons of mass instruction, read by michael puttonen by post hypnotic press books published on 20121017t08.
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. A muchsought after speaker on education throughout the united states, his other books include a different kind of teacher berkeley hills books, 2001 and the underground history of american education oxford village press, 2000. John taylor gatto is a retired american school teacher with nearly 30 years experience in the classroom, and author of several books on education. I hoped for a bibliography, but gatto remarks that if he gave a complete one, it would be grotesquely huge and impractical. You will be amazed at how much essential understanding you discover. The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling slowly i began to realize that the bells and the confinement, the crazy sequences, the agesegregation, the lack of privacy, the constant surveillance, and all the rest of the national curriculum. John attended public schools in swissvale, monongahela, and uniontown, and the private catholic. Since then, gatto has become known as one of the most trenchant critics of todays educational system. John taylor gatto, an awardwinning teacher, now aims to overthrow the publicschool establishment for which he worked for 30 years. This video series is based on john taylor gatto s book, and arranged and edited by brett veinotte. John taylor gatto books list of books by author john. In his 26 years of awardwinning teaching in new york citys public schools, gatto has found that independent study, community service, large doses of solitude, and apprenticeships with adults of all walks. The hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling, and weapons of mass instruction.
Everything you know is wrong about schooling school was intended, on this continent, to be as it had been in northern germany, a fifth column into. By john taylor gattojohn taylor gatto analyzes the roots of the modern american education system, detailing how it was designed to foster economic interests and facilitate management of the labor force. John taylor gatto i count john gatto among my heroes robertbly ive loved john gatto s work ever since i first encountered his astounding essays. John taylor gatto the purpose of schooling truth versus. He has the courage to challenge an educational system that is obsolete and out of touch with reality. Berkeley hills books, 2001 and the underground history of american education oxford village press, 2000. John taylor gatto books list of books by author john taylor. A school teachers intimate investigation into the problem of modern schooling.
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