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The feel-good curriculum : the dumbing-down of America's kids in the name of sel
Stout, Maureen
Adult Nonfiction 370.15 S
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| Contents | Page |
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| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: The False Prophet of Self-Esteem | p. 1 |
| Part I - Creating a Culture of Therapy: How We Got Here from There | |
| 1 - What Is School For, Anyway? | p. 11 |
| 2 - Inside the Ed School: The Politics of Teacher Education | p. 45 |
| 3 - What's So Progressive About This? Child-Centered Education and the Transformation of the American Public School | p. 75 |
| Part II - Therapy Nation: Culture and Schooling in Contemporary America | |
| 4 - The Rake's Progress: Self-Esteem Takes Over | p. 99 |
| 5 - Nothing More than Feelings: The Naked Truth About Self-Esteem | p. 119 |
| 6 - Practicing Self-Esteem: Magic, Myths, and Masquerades | p. 141 |
| Part III - Fighting Back: Challenging the Consequences of Self-Esteem | |
| 7 - Too Many Degrees of Separation: Self-Esteem and the Death of Community | p. 175 |
| 8 - The Return of Ethics in Education: Answering Emotivism | p. 207 |
| 9 - Back to the Future: From Cynicism to Skepticism and Hope | p. 241 |
| Epilogue: Education for a New Millennium | p. 277 |
| Notes | p. 283 |
| Index | p. 301 |
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