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Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and Revolution by Jensen, Derrick

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Product Group
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ISBN
9781931498784
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Education
Publication Name
Walking on Water : Reading, Writing and Revolution
Item Length
8.5 in
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pharmacy Publishing
Subject
Aims & Objectives, Educators, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.5 in
Author
Derrick Jensen
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Number of Pages
232 Pages

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Reveals how schools perpetuate the great illusion that happiness lies outside of ourselves and that learning to please and submit to those in power makes us into lifelong clockwatchers.

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Publisher
Chelsea Green Pharmacy Publishing
ISBN-10
1931498784
ISBN-13
9781931498784
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44471618

Product Key Features

Author
Derrick Jensen
Publication Name
Walking on Water : Reading, Writing and Revolution
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Aims & Objectives, Educators, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Education
Number of Pages
232 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2003-018242
Lc Classification Number
Lb1025.3.J45
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"[Jensen]...deftly wraps his politics in humor, poignant teacher-student encounters and a clear passion for young minds. Jensen is an important, alternative voice of our times."--Mercury News, ëThe clarity and force of these ideas cut like a scalpel in the hands of a surgeon, preserving the vital, removing the diseased. Mr. Jensen burns sharp holes in the dark places of those rituals we have been tricked into believing are education. We owe him a debt of gratitude for these transformational insights. Read this book!' John Taylor Gatto, author of Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, "[Jensen...deftly wraps his politics in humor, poignant teacher-student encounters and a clear passion for young minds. Jensen is an important, alternative voice of our times."--Mercury News, Publishers Weekly- Writing teacher Jensen doesn't believe in the traditional grading system, which he calls "a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do," so he opts instead to give his students at Eastern Washington University check marks: one check mark for turning in a piece of writing, four for editing that writing into perfection. For this opinionated offering on writing, teaching and the state of the world, Jensen deserves four checkmarks for courage. His ideas are always radical and often inspiring. He rails against the public education system frequently and with refreshing humor, telling students their papers "have to be good enough--interesting enough--that I would rather read them than make love." Drawing on his personal experience, he castigates what he sees as formal education's lack of creativity and flexibility for personal style. Jensen's strength lies in his honest, provocative, passionate approach. The rawness of his ideas is this book's virtue, but it's also its vice. When Jensen makes seemingly random forays into commentary on the demise of the environment or political consciousness (subjects he explored in earlier books like The Culture of Make Believe), his writing becomes long-winded and unfocused. He loses sight of his own seventh rule of writing, which he so dramatically relays to his students: clarity. But more importantly, Jensen's first, second, third and fourth rules of writing are "Don't bore the reader." In that effort, he succeeds masterfully., "The clarity and force of these ideas cut like a scalpel in the hands of a surgeon, preserving the vital, removing the diseased. Mr. Jensen burns sharp holes in the dark places of those rituals we have been tricked into believing are education. We owe him a debt of gratitude for these transformational insights. Read this book!"--John Taylor Gatto, author of Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
371.102
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by SD5QCAM2SuO@Deleted
    Mar 18, 2011

    Walking on Water

    “Walking on Water” was a great book that takes us through a different way of teaching and learning. It takes us through the life of a professor who’s trying to teach all kinds of students a new way of learning. It gives us a new way of thinking and going outside the lines. It shows us that it’s okay to think outside of the box, and to break a few rules every now and then. Also that we shouldn’t be afraid to question our authorities, and just have the courage to ask those outrageous questions. The main message of this book is to not be afraid to try new things. Overall this book gives us a great view on how easy it is to learn when you don’t do the same thing everyday for class.

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