The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker - Hardcover

Rose, Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670032824 ISBN 13: 9780670032822

Verlag: Viking Pr, 2004

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An analysis of American physical labor offers insight into the intellectual dexterity and mental skills of blue-collar workers, drawing on current research in social science and cognitive psychology while integrating the stories of numerous people on the job. 25,000 first printing.

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Mike Rose is a professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. He has taught in a wide range of educational settings, from elementary school to adult literacy and job training programs. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Grawemeyer Award in Education, and awards from the Spencer Foundation, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Modern Language Association, and the American Educational Research Association. He also received the Commonwealth Club of California’s Award for Literary Excellence in Nonfiction. His books include Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America’s Educationally Underprepared, Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America, The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker, Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us, and Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education.

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• Verlag: Viking Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0670032824
• ISBN 13: 9780670032822
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 249
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