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In
Skills Mania Bob Davis argues
passionately that the emphasis in the secondary
school classroom must shift from a technocratic,
skills-based approach, to teaching and discussion
that focuses on real, substantive issues. He also
calls for a new emphasis on the teaching of
history, a practice that has been sadly lacking in
recent years.
Two central qualities warm up this book: first
the story is told through the author's own
teaching, and second, the author presents us with
an original and frank point of view.
This is a stiring, engaged, and practical
book.
Bob Davis has taught in secondary schools
for more than thirty years. He was the first chair
of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Education
Committee, and a co-founder of This Magazine is
About Schools and Mudpie magazine. He
currently teaches Social Science at York
University.
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