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Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture |  | Author: Kirsten Olson
Creators: Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Teachers College Press
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ISBN: 0807749559
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.1523
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Publication Date: April 4, 2009
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''Kirsten Olson has written a book that is at once intellectually engaging and replete with usable resources and proposals for action.... May this splendid book be read, discussed, taken to heart, and put into action by a growing company of educational 'wounded healers.'''
-- From the Foreword by Parker J. Palmer, author of The Courage to Teach
''This wonderful and probing book is filled with powerful, poignant, passionate stories; stories that are at once fragile and strong, painful and enduring. They make us mourn the losses of laughter and opportunity in schools, weep at the lingering sadness and sorrow in schools, laugh at the absurdities; and grin at the moments of mischief and inspiration.''
-- From the Foreword by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Harvard Graduate School of Education
''A brilliant, original, and important book. Wounded by School makes an eloquent and moving case for the radical re-invention of our schools.''
-- Tony Wagner, author of The Global Achievement Gap and Co-Director of the Change Leadership Group (CLG)
''Kirsten Olson's book is refreshingly unlike the general run of sludge I associate with writing about pedagogy: It seems to be entirely free of the familiar platitudes which replace thought when we read about school matters, is scrubbed clean of pretentious jargon, and offers up the twists and turns of Olson's analysis and citations with beautiful clarity. I can't imagine anyone not being better for reading this book Twice!'' --John Taylor Gatto, Author, Dumbing Us Down
While reformers and policymakers focus on achievement gaps, testing, and accountability, millions of students mentally and emotionally disengage from learning and many gifted teachers leave the field. Ironically, today's schooling is damaging the single most essential component to education -- the joy of learning.
How do we recognize the ''wounds'' caused by outdated schooling policies? How do we heal them? In her controversial new book, education writer and critic Kirsten Olson brings to light the devastating consequences of an educational approach that values conformity over creativity, flattens student's interests, and dampens down differences among learners. Drawing on deeply emotional stories, Olson shows that current institutional structures do not produce the kinds of minds and thinking that society really needs. Instead, the system tends to shame, disable, and bore many learners. Most importantly, she presents the experiences of wounded learners who have healed and shows what teachers, parents, and students can do right now to help themselves stay healthy.
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 Great read! November 9, 2009
J. K. Daily (Denver, Co)
This book is a great read for anyone involved in the education system and wants to make a change. This book has tremendous impact for secondary schools and can be a great tool and resource for high school reform. It was fast-paced and thought-provoking - hopefully others will have some food for thought and work towards changing our education system!
 Fighting our uphill battle August 27, 2009
Helen Gallagher (Glenview, IL United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Author Kirsten Olson is fighting the uphill battle of a person taking on the traditional school system. Here in "Wounded by School," she gives you the tools to fight along with her. Over a ten-year investigation, Olson defined the damaging gaps in the U.S. education system. Here, through personal case-studies, she shares the intimate stories of people who were indeed wounded by their school experiences.
Among the damages done to many students in the traditional education system, the wounds Olson describes include: a loss of pleasure in learning, compliance, rebellion, underestimation, perfection, and the sad wounds parents experience when they feel helpless about their child's education troubles.
Through "Wounded By School," you'll learn how to stop dysfunctional and outmoded methods that castigate teachers when learning fails and inhibit learning development.
Helen GallagherRelease Your Writing: Book Publishing, Your Way
a must read for parents AND teachers July 17, 2009
ReneeSuz (northern Alabama)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a former public school teacher and a current homeschooling mom, I was very interested in reading this book. I think the author makes good arguments for changing the way our schools educate our youth but first universities need to alter the way future teachers are prepared.
Reading Wounded by School has prompted me to make some changes in our homeschool. I have asked my children what they want to learn this coming school year. I discovered my eldest son would rather study US Government than a 3rd year of Spanish; I am letting him follow his interests. My youngest daughter wants to paint - so I'm looking for curriculum that will guide her interest since I have no artistic talent.
My eldest daughter (who is heading to college in less than a month to study to be an elementary teacher) grabbed this book from my to-be-read basket and loved it; I have been requested to not get rid of this one so it will be going to Mississippi University for Women with her next month. I have a feeling it will be passed among her college classmates.
Must Read July 2, 2009
Toni Ann Loiacono (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wounded by School reflected my life and struck a chord within me before I even read a page. I knew the book would have an impact on me. I had no idea how much. The stories were heart wrenching and they illustrated the points well. It was also written very well and in a very engaging manner. You can tell that Olson feels very passionately about the subject and makes you feel passionate about it too.
I think all teachers, especially of the younger grades, should be made to read this before they ever enter a classroom. Some teachers are unaware of the lasting impact they can have on children.The system doesn't help either but the teachers have the most direct impact. I am going to recommend this to some of my friends who are going to be starting teaching soon and hope they pass it on. I would recommend this to anyone involved in early childhood education and parents of children entering school. As you can probably tell, this book had a huge impact on me and I think anyone who picks up this book would have a similar reaction.
Wounded By School April 20, 2009
Kevin Parker (Atlanta)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had the pleasure of sitting with Mrs. Olson at a retreat and her hubleness amazed me. I have been glued to this oracle for everyone who has been, is or will be educated or educating. I was able to reflect on my journey and recall the exact moment of my disconnection from school. By High School I dissappeared because I wasn't out of control, remedial or gifted. I was just a regular student who slipped through the cracks. As an educator now I am even more committed to bring forth the problems we as educators have in engaging students, parents and collegues in creating a safe place to BE in this educational process. Mrs. Olson's book is the blueprint for living an undivided life as we seek to revive this "thing" called education. Thank you so much Kirsten for standing in an uncomfortable place. Without your energy so many others will probably feel the same pain as those in your book. My prayer is that this book is placed in the hands of teachers world wide so that we can reclaim our children.
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