Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories

by E.D. Hirsch and E.D. Hirsch Jr.

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In Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, and education history to further the argument for a knowledge-based elementary curriculum.

Influential scholar Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit, asserts that a carefully planned curriculum that imparts communal knowledge is essential in achieving one of the most fundamental aims and objectives of education: preparing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1612509525

ISBN13:9781612509525

Release Date:September 2016

Publisher:Harvard Education PR

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.89 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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