"Why Kids Hate School" now available through Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

by Steven Jones, Eric Sheffield, Cathy Pearman

Table of Contents

Preface                                                                                                                         

Section I:  The Political Landscape                                                            

1.  Why Kids Hate School?  Why Do We Care?

                        Philip Cusick

2.  Hey, All You Data Crunchers:  What Schools Need is a Happiness Index

                       Susan Ohanian

3.  Why Do Kids Hate School?  A Question of Context

                        David Owen

Section II:  Hearing the Voices of Students                                                             

4.  The Republic of Middle School:  “At-Risk” Student Voices on Virtue, Justice, and Happiness, and the Unhappiness Endemic to Education

                        Lynda George

5.  Why Kids Hate School: What the Kids Say!

                        Emmett E. Sawyer and Judith Gregg

6.  Dropouts or Pushouts? The Unintended Consequences of School Practices

                        Karen S. Scott

Section III:  Arguments for Student-Centered Teaching                              

7.  Standardization or the Courage to Be:  Educational Counterpoints

                        Don Hufford

8.  Dismissed Potential:  Why Kids “Hate” School

                        Karla J. Smart-Morstad and Sara B. Triggs 

9.  Learner-Centered Instructional Relationships:  Encouraging Students to  Learn, Grow, and Like School

                        Adam P. Harbaugh and Jeffrey H. D. Cornelius-White

Section IV:  Philosophical Considerations                                                 

10. John Dewey’s Theory of Experience:  Some Ideas as to Why Kids (Might) Hate School

                        Eric C. Sheffield

11. Inspiration from the Ancients:  Quintilian on the Art of Teaching

                        Pauline Nugent

12. I Just Don’t See the Point!  The Role of Educational Ideals in Student Attitudes Toward School

                        Stefan Broidy

Section V:  Subject-Matter Considerations                                                           

13. What’s Wrong with American Education, and Can it be Fixed?

                        Thomas E. Deering

14. Why Kids Hate Special Education:  The Unfulfilled Promises of IDEA

                       Jerry Whitworth

15. Whatever Happened to Reading for Fun?

                       Debbie Landry, Bonnie Giese, and Roxanne Fillmore

16. Why Do Students Hate to Read? Researching the Reading Attitudes and Coping Strategies of University Students

                      Susan Anne Carlson

17. How We Help Hapless Students Hate School

                      Roy F. Fox

18. Science Phobia:  Could No Help with Spatial Skills be a Factor?

                     Jill (Alice A.) Black

Section VI:  Final Thoughts and Future Directions                                                      

19. Twelve Questions We Must Ask about Why Kids Hate School

                      Steven P. Jones

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