Anti-intellectualism and the Education of High Ability Learners

by Thomas Hays

Overview

This book is a study of anti-intellectualism and how it negatively influences the popular culture, general education and the education of high ability learners. The first chapter explores the author’s real life encounters with anti-intellectualism. The second chapter helps the reader understand anti-intellectualism by providing definitions and a typology of its different forms all set in historical context. The next portion of the book is devoted to examining how anti-intellectualism manifests itself in the popular culture and the mass media. The fourth chapter examines the many ways that the hostility toward education and learning affects general education. Next is an exploration of the problems caused by anti-intellectualism with regard to gifted students and high ability learners. The rest of the book is devoted to a review of the solutions offered by researchers and authors and recommendations to solve the educational problems caused by the antagonism aimed at learning and students who do well in school.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935841357
Publisher:	Thomas Hays
Publication date:	10/26/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	292,982
File size:	294 KB

About the Author

Dr. Thomas Hays retired in 2004 as Supervisor for Gifted Programs for Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. He holds degrees from Doane College, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the University of Connecticut. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia, and a Teacher Corps intern on The Winnebago Indian Reservation. He has taught in public schools in Guam, Arizona, Nebraska, and Iowa. He has taught at the University of Connecticut, and the University of Hawaii. Tom co-authored The Multiple Menu Model: A Practical Guide for Developing Differentiated Curriculum.