The Robot Factory : Pseudoscience in Education and Its Threat to American Democracy /: Pseudoscience in Education and Its Threat to American Democracy. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joseph Ganem.
• Authors: Ganem, Joseph
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Preface; Organization of The Robot Factory; My Fundamental Beliefs; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why I Would Fail Third Grade Math; A Multitude of Problems in One Brief Lesson; Contents; Part I: Pseudoscience in Education; 1: What Science Is and Is Not; Doing Real Science: Essential Elements; The Magical Thinking Behind Pseudoscience; References; 2: Data-Driven Education Reform: A New Pseudoscience; The "Mathematical Intimidation" of Teachers; Over-Fitting Data: Value-Added Models for Teacher Effectiveness; The "Effective Teacher" Tautology The Statistical Impossibility of Adequate Yearly Progress in SchoolsFailure to Address Causality: Not Asking Why Schools Are "Failing"; Data Manipulation: Teaching to the Test; Data Manipulation: The Accountability Hoax; The SAT: Promoting Equal Opportunity or Perpetuating a Hierarchy?; Data Manipulation: The Murky Business of Quantifying Prestige; Assessing Colleges: Self-Selected Data; Facts Versus Stories; References; 3: The Complexity Myth: The Opposite of Science; The Quest for the Perfect Teacher; The Teacher-Student Relationship; Teaching in Diverse Urban Schools Teachers Are Real Human Beings (Not Idealized Fantasy People)Standardized Teaching Evaluation Systems; Impossible Expectations = Teacher Shortages; Hiring Foreign Teachers to Cope with Shortages; Aftermaths; Across Time and Space: The Complex Web of Human Relatedness; References; Part II: Misunderstanding Math and Science Education; 4: Why Our Kids Don't Get Math; The Widening Gap Between High School and College Math; Bizarre Math Expectations; Three Problems with K-12 Math Curricula; Students Learn Mimicry Instead of Math The Disconnect Between the Math Curriculum and Professional PractitionersChess as Example; Expertise; Making Math Relevant: Assessing Reading Comprehension or Math?; Vans for a Field Trip; Three Friends' Beads; Proportion of Instruments; The Need for Quantitative Literacy; The "Chinese Room"; References; 5: Misunderstanding Science Education; Why Science Is Hard; Science as a Noun; Science; Noun; The Kansas State Board of Education's Redefinition of Science; The Difference Between a Hypothesis and a Theory; Nature is Eternal and Unchanging; Science as a Question; Science as a Conversation Science is an Iterative ProcessScience as a Guide; Debunking Pseudoscience; Deliberately Distorting Science; Science as a Verb; Addressing the Growing Gender Gap in Education; The Limits of Science; The Creationist and Anthropic Tautologies; Future Theories; Having it Both Ways; References; Part III: The Threat to American Democracy; 6: False Choice: Pseudoscientific Narrative; The Dark Side of Storytelling; Reframing Stories; False Choices for Financing Education; Aftermaths; Schools Are Not Cultural Islands; Grading Politicians; A New Genre of Comedy
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 379.73; Popular works; Education -- Political aspects -- United States; Science -- Study and teaching -- United States; Mathematics; Education and state; Educational tests and measuremen; EDUCATION / Administration / General; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; Education -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Mathematics; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Education -- Evaluation; Teaching of a specific subject; Central government policies; Examinations & assessment; Education -- General; Advice on parenting; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319778600; 3319778609
• Related ISBNs: 9783319778594; 3319778595
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 5, 2018).
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