Coloring Outside the Lines

by Schank, Roger C.

• ISBN13: 9780060930776
• ISBN10: 0060930772
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-02
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

So begins this controversial and enlightened book by Roger Schank, Ph.D., a world-renowned expert on teaming, who believes that every day of the school year our children are being failed by an academic system that does nothing to stir a lifelong passion for learning. In this lively, sometimes alarming book, Schank shatters the myths about how children learn and offers candid advice for parents who want to raise kids with gumption, ambition, creativity, inquisitiveness, and analytic and verbal proficiency.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
Part 1: Concepts for Becoming Your Child's Best Teacher
What Is a Smarter Kid?	3	(18)
What's Wrong with School?	21	(22)
Getting Started	43	(18)
Putting Learning Theory to Work	61	(26)
Part 2: The Six Traits of Smarter Kids
How to Raise a More Verbal Kid	87	(16)
How to Raise a More Creative Kid	103	(18)
How to Raise a More Analytical Kid	121	(16)
How to Raise a Kid with More Gumption	137	(14)
How to Raise a More Ambitious Kid	151	(14)
How to Raise a More Inquisitive Kid	165	(18)
Part 3: Intervention Tactics
An Intelligent Approach to Sports	183	(14)
School Interventions	197	(20)
The Myths and Realities of Computer-Based Learning	217	(14)
Why You Need to Act Now	231