Twitter Book Club: John I. Goodlad (1979) What Schools Are For - Chapter 3

"Education occurs in the individual; it involves the whole of the individual; it occurs in schools, homes, (cont) http://tl.gd/658g73less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Our public system of schooling is to a considerable degree a servant to its clients and dependent for (cont) http://tl.gd/658h6vless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"the patrons of schools in our kind of society are impatient; they tend to want quick, highly tangible returns." Goodladless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"To evaluate schooling solely for its contribution to specific goals and objectives is to misinterpret what education is all about." Goodladless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Even when one concedes the importance of goals for schooling-and one must-it is the quality of the (cont) http://tl.gd/658sfcless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"because of the dominance of the production model of schooling with ends being defined without (cont) http://tl.gd/665scrless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"The logical inference...is that such goals should be abolished or ignored. Schools would probably be more educative as a result." Goodladless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"state legislators and educational leaders are fascinated with the prospect of reducing general goals to (cont) http://tl.gd/665ujtless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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Regarding clear goals: "This is like saying that students are more likely to run in straight lines when asked or required to do so." Goodladless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"the simpler the learning task (counting or kicking a ball), the more productive the practice of using precisely defined objectives."Goodladless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"debate usually sets up a dichotomy between responsibility to an ever-widening social and cultural order (cont) http://tl.gd/6666e4less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"Schools that do not produce self-directed citizens have failed both society and the individual." Goodladless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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"We say that our schools fail to educate; what we should be saying is they have scarcely tried it yet." Goodladless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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I might come back at a later date and add commentary to these quotes. Right now they speak for themselves for me but I needed to archive them.