John Taylor Gatto
The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto (Intro + Hour 1 of 5) by TragedyandHopeMag
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John Taylor Gatto (born December 15, 1935) is a retired American with nearly 30 years experience in the classroom, and author of several books on education. He is an activist critical of compulsory schooling, of the perceived divide between the teen years and adulthood, and of what he characterizes as the hegemonic nature of discourse on education and the education professions.
In his youth he attended public schools throughout the Pittsburgh Metro Area including Swissvale, Monongahela, and Uniontown as well as a Catholic boarding school in Latrobe. He did undergraduate work at Cornell, the University of Pittsburgh, and Columbia, then served in the U.S. Army medical corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Following army service he did graduate work at the City University of New York, Hunter College, Yeshiva University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Cornell. This is a compilation of work from TragedyandHopeMag. I claim none of it. The lessons contained in this video are invaluable. http://www.TheUltimateHistoryLesson.com (notes, transcript, links, and more) http://www.JohnTaylorGatto.com (all of John’s books, and current projects) http://www.PeaceRevolution.org (episodes 041-045 cover The Ultimate History Lesson + Analysis) http://www.TragedyandHope.com (an online community which provides educational media by independent producers) Much respect for Tragedy and Hope Magazine for making this video series possible, please support them. Source: http://wchildblog.com/2014/01/02/the-greatest-history-lesson-john-taylor-gatto-the-truth-about-your-education |
