Starting Strong: A Different Look at Children, Schools, and Standards

by Patricia F. Carini

In an elegant affirmation of human capacity and creativity, Patricia Carini counters high-stakes testing, the pathologizing of children, and the unrelenting critique of the public schools with a persuasive account of how children, all children , actively make sense of the world and their experience through the making of works such as drawings, constructions, and writings. This engaging and vivid account of the day-to-day possibilities of learning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807741329
• ISBN13: 9780807741320
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"