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A 14 page paper which annotates/reviews 5 different books. The books reviewed are “The Disciplined Mind- Beyond Facts and Standardized Tests” by Howard Gardner, “The New Brain” by Richard Restak, “The Scientist in the Crib” by Gopnik, Meltzoff and Kuhl, “The Learning Brain- Lessons for Education” by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Uta Frith and “The Creating Brain” by Nancy. C. Andreasen. No additional sources cited.
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education should go in the United States. The nation ahs clearly been having numerous troubles with standardized testing and the children who are graduating today still seem to be no
better off than they were before increased testing and the No Child Left Behind concerns. In the beginning of his work he notes the following, providing a very good and
rational introduction to the work that will be discussed: "As a psychologist with a deep interest in education, I have been gratified by the growing concern about educational issues throughout
the world...the belief that the quality of a nations education system will be a chief- perhaps the chief-determinant of its success during the next century and beyond" (Gardner, 2000; 15).
The author examines "Educational Constants" which are essentially realities, especially those concerning a society, that will always remain the same despite small change. Then, in the next section the
author moves on to discussing specifics relating to "Education in the Future." In this section he illustrates how the institution of education is logically and "understandably" very conservative for the
most part. This is partly because it must address the needs of the majority, without, in this day and age especially, offending any particular racial or cultural group. There
are numerous conditions and realities that Gardner (2000) examines and in one section, "The Forces that Will Remake Schools," he notes that "Changes in our world are so rapid and
so decisive that it will not be possible for schools to remain as they were or simply to introduce a few superficial adjustments" (Gardner, 2000; 42). Anyone who has been
paying attention to the institution of education in the past few decades knows that the changes in society and the world have far exceeded simple "superficial adjustments" seen in school
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