TY - GEN T1 - "Doing school" : how we are creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic, and miseducated students A1 - Pope, Denise Clark, 1966- LA - English PP - New Haven, CT PB - Yale University Press YR - 2001 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn567997980 AB - Denise Pope, veteran teacher and curriculum expert, follows five motivated and successful students through a school year, closely shadowing them and engaging them in lengthy reflections on their school experiences. What emerges is a double-sided picture of school success. On the one hand, these students work hard in school, participate in extracurricular activities, serve their communities, earn awards and honors, and appear to uphold school values. But on the other hand, they feel that in order to get ahead they must compromise their values and manipulate the system by scheming, lying, and cheating. In short, they "do school"--That is, they are not really engaged with learning nor can they commit to such values as integrity and community. The words and actions of these five students-- two boys and three girls from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds-- underscore the frustrations of being caught in a "grade trap" that pins future success to high grades and test scores. Their stories raise critical questions that are too important for parents, educators, and community leaders to ignore. Are schools cultivating an environment that promotes intellectual curiosity, cooperation, and integrity? Or are they fostering anxiety, deception, and hostility? Do today's schools inadvertently impede the very values they claim to embrace? Is the "success" that current assessment practices measure the kind of success we want for our children? OP - 212 CN - LA229 .P59 2001eb SN - 0300130589 SN - 9780300130584 SN - 1281730726 SN - 9781281730725 SN - 9786611730727 SN - 6611730729 SN - 9780300090130 SN - 0300090137 SN - 0300098332 SN - 9780300098334 KW - Academic achievement : United States. KW - High school students : United States. KW - Student aspirations : United States. KW - Élèves du secondaire : États-Unis. KW - Succès scolaire : États-Unis. KW - Élèves : Aspirations : États-Unis. KW - EDUCATION : Secondary. KW - EDUCATION : Student Life & Student Affairs. KW - Academic achievement KW - High school students KW - Student aspirations KW - United States KW - High school KW - Schüler KW - USA KW - Computer network resources. ER -