Review Praise for Susan Engel's "Your Child's Path" "The perfect antidote to the high anxiety that pervades parenting these days."--Edward Hallowell, author of "The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness""A technically thoughtful and beautifully written book."--Jerome S. Bruner, NYU professor of psychology and author of "The Process of Education""A liberating book."--Roger A. Hart, professor of environmental and developmental psychology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York"A compassionate guide for parents and educators."--"Kirkus Reviews""Insightful...the author knows her stuff and is a wonderful storyteller."--"Publishers Weekly"Praise for Susan Engel's "Your Child's Path" "The perfect antidote to the high anxiety that pervades parenting these days."--Edward Hallowell, author of "The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness" "A technically thoughtful and beautifully written book."--Jerome S. Bruner, NYU professor of psychology and author of "The Process of Education" "A liberating book."--Roger A. Hart, professor of environmental and developmental psychology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York "A compassionate guide for parents and educators."--"Kirkus Reviews" "Insightful...the author knows her stuff and is a wonderful storyteller."--"Publishers Weekly""What, in our hearts, do we wish for our children, and how can schools be designed to help make those wishes come true? These are the most fundamental questions we can ask when thinking about schooling, and in this book Susan Engel combines good sense and empirical research to help us think about them."--Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life "A most enjoyable and provocative read, The End of the Rainbow invites readers to consider the purpose of schooling. Through anecdote and the use of scientific research, Engel makes the argument that schools aim for productivity rather than happiness, with the latter falling by the wayside."--Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, author of How Babies Talk, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards, and A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool Praise for Susan Engel's Your Child's Path "The perfect antidote to the high anxiety that pervades parenting these days."--Edward Hallowell, author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness "A technically thoughtful and beautifully written book."--Jerome S. Bruner, NYU professor of psychology and author of The Process of Education "A liberating book."--Roger A. Hart, professor of environmental and developmental psychology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York "A compassionate guide for parents and educators."--Kirkus Reviews "Insightful...the author knows her stuff and is a wonderful storyteller."--Publishers Weekly About the Author Susan Engel is a developmental psychologist in the Department of Psychology at Williams College, where she is also the founder and director of the Williams Program in Teaching. She is the author of four previous books, The Stories Children Tell: Making Sense of the Narratives of Childhood, Context is Everything: The Nature of Memory, Real Kids: Creating Meaning in Everyday Life, and Red Flags or Red Herrings: Predicting Who Your Child Will Become. During 2006–2007 she wrote a column on teaching for the New York Times titled Lessons. Engel has also made numerous appearances on radio and television, including on Good Morning America and The Today Show, as an expert on education and child-rearing.
D**N
A breath of fresh air
This book is a breath of fresh air amidst today's stultifying educational debates. It is a reason for hope, moving us away from trendy efforts to use schooling simply as a means to produce cogs for our economic machines and back towards traditional concerns for students' future lives. Better workers, too, will be educated in this way: more creative, more motivated, more fulfilled. The book is full of illuminating insight and sound practical advice. Everyone interested in education and human development should read it.
T**A
where is montessori?
Interesting collection of ideas - American society seems to focus on money as end goal even from the early years of education - instead of allowing children to delve deeply into topics they care about, they are funneled narrowly to comply with policies..ok. I am so surprised that the benefits of Montessori education were neglected in this book. If the emphasis is on public education, there are plenty of public montessori schools to investigate and propel into the spotlight as something that can work...and a good direction for policymakers/journalists/educators to pursue and be inspired by.
T**G
Required reading for parents and all educators
This is an important book- and should be read widely by all who are interested in the future of our young people. HIgher education should have a higher purpose than just to ensure financial security and safety in the status quo. Enlightened college graduates, who learn to think and want to think, are essential if our world is to survive.
D**N
Thank you!
Great book. It addressed real issues about Teaching to the Tests and Testing. It focused on how to personalize education so that each child can invest his/herself in issues that matter to them. I read it from a Middle School and High School perspective.
H**R
Brilliant
Engel is nothing short of brilliant. Given that we’re currently steeped in a national education crisis when all else has seemingly failed, it would serve all of us well to take The End of the Rainbow to heart. If we followed Engel’s lead it would not only yield a generally better educated society but a more evolved, humanistic one as well.
T**N
A book that makes you remember what is at the heart of teaching. An enlightening and refreshing read.
Susan clearly shows how educating for happiness is what all children deserve. She optimistically lays out a way that schools and teachers can reframe student success that is inspiring and possible. This book has made me reflect on my own practice and reminds me what is most important.
L**N
Five Stars
A vital book that all who care about the education system in America should read.
A**R
This book is also an excellent guide of how schools can be designed to support ...
The End of the Rainbow published in 2015 by Susan Engel is an enjoyable book that presents real anecdotes from real teachers that helped me understand the challenges teachers face every day in the classrooms, and how to manage it. This book is also an excellent guide of how schools can be designed to support every student better not just based on their academics goals, but also based on their individual culture. I think Susan Engel did a great job developing a short book for busy instructors. She used her developmental psychology to analyze research and support different situations in our everyday classrooms and offer practical advices
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