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APRECIATION: Overschooled but Undereducated: Society's Failure to Understand Adolescence, by John Abbott & Heather MacTaggart, by Sir Gustav Nossal
"This remarkable work, so individualistic and peppered with fascinating reminiscences and asides, deserves the widest possible readership. It is at the same time profoundly scholarly and eminently accessible. It is nothing less than a tour de force, and it is a privilege to recommend it unreservedly."
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So What? A Young Person's take on being Overschooled but Undereducated, by Leigh MacTaggart Richter
18 year old Leigh MacTaggart Richter assesses her own education in light of John Abbott's recent book Overschooled but Undereducated . This is a fascinated read for young people, and their parents who may be wondering what goes through their adolescent childrens' minds... .
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A Question of Democracy...or Why the Problem of Bringing up Young People will Never be Solved Simply by School-based Solutions, by John Abbott
A Paper first delivered to Secondary Heads in Birmingham in June 2008, and subsequently slightly modified for a similar conference to be held in Sydney, Australia later in July 2008 .
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New article by Nigel Coren, Headteacher entitled Towards a School Beyond Boundaries
From the article: "After reading John Abbott’s new book Overschooled but Undereducated The Senior Management Team of one Primary School felt impelled to grab a blank piece of paper and try to draw up a mainframe of what they would like a school to be. It’s not definitive or exhaustive. It was such stimulating ‘play’."
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Roundup page added to the site
We have added a new page to the site entitled "Roundup" which collects stories from a variety of sources (magazines, journals, newspapers) that may be of interest to viewers of this site. The link to the roundup page is in the top menu bar. Please submit your own suggestions on our contact page.
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The Initiative in Changing Times
A strategy document outlining the Initiative's future aims particularly with regards to the pre-publication edition of John Abbott's new book Overschooled but Undereducated: Society's Failure to Understand Adolescence is available to read in PDF format.
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The Initiative in Changing Times
A strategy document outlining the Initiative's future aims particularly with regards to the pre-publication edition of John Abbott's new book Overschooled but Undereducated: Society's Failure to Understand Adolescence is available to read in PDF format.
Download
As PDF
Overschooled but Undereducated: Society's Failure to Understand Adolescence
A pre-production edition of Overschooled but Undereducated: Society's Failure to Understand Adolescence, John Abbott and Heather MacTaggart's new book is available for download here on the Initiative website.
With the publication of Overschooled but Undereducated the Initiative now has, in compact form, the most complete, persuasive and concise argument for the overhaul of current systems of education and a catalyst-in-print for the reassessment of outdated thinking that governs educational policy and attitudes towards learning and schooling in the West.
We want you to get involved with the continuing synthesis. Please download a copy of the book, read other people's personal responses and make a few of your own. We are aiming to generate a discussion around these important ideas, and you are a vital part of that dialogue.
We also recommend that in conjunction with reading the manuscript of Overschooled but Undereducated that you read the piece in the news item below, The Initiative in Changing Times. This will help provide some context for your reading of Overschooled...
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Download Overschooled but Undereducated in A4 or Letter formats
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The Initiative in Changing Times
A strategy document outlining the Initiative's future aims particularly with regards to the pre-publication edition of John Abbott's new book Overschooled but Undereducated: Society's Failure to Understand Adolescence is available to read in PDF format.
Download
As PDF