5 works cited sentences

5 sentences from works cited

1.       In the article by John Gatto, a former New York City Teacher,  “Against School: How Public Education Cripples our Kids, and Why,” he states, “I taught for thirty years in some of the worst schools in Manhattan…….I became an expert in boredom.”

 

2.      In his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed “The Banking Concept of Education” chapter 2, Paolo Freire, a 20^th century educator and philosopher, tells us that, “Those truly committed to liberation must reject the banking concept [teachers give the information and the students receive it in] in its entirety, adopting instead a concept of men as conscious beings-…….They must abandon the educational goal of deposit-making and replace it with the posing of the problems of men in their relations with the world.”

3.      According to Jerry Large, columnist for The Seattle Times, in his article titled “Gift of Grit, Curiosity Help Kids Succeed,” Paul Tough author of “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character,” says that “Tough pulls together research and real-world experiences that indicate the relentless pursuit of higher test scores…..if you want success, build character and the rest will follow.”

4.  In the article, A Real Education, written by Barry Boyce, editor in chief of Mindful: Taking Time for What Matters magazine, he says, "listen attentively to what someone is saying, negotiate, and confidently persuade; think through problems effectively while considering others' perspectives."

5.  In the book Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom by bell hooks, an American author, feminist, and social activist she states that, "Thinking is an action" and "the heartbeat of critical thinking is the longing to know-to understand how life works. Children are organically predisposed to be critical thinkers"(7).

 

Works Cited

Gatto, John. “Against School: How Public Education Cripples our Kids, and Why.” Harper's Magazine. September 2003

Freire,Paolo.   “The Banking Concept of Education."  Pedagogy of the Oppressed.  New York: Continuum, 2007

Large, Jerry.  “Gift of Grit, Curiosity Help Kids Succeed.” Seattle Times. Seattle Times, 23 September 2012.

Tough, Paul.  “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.” Houghton Mifflin Harcort Publishing Company. 2012. Print.

Boyce, Barry. "A Real Education."  Shambala Sun. The Mindful Society. (75) May 2012.

bell hooks. "Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom." Routledge. 16 September 2009