What's So Funny About Education? / Edition 2

by Lou Fournier

Overview

Using affectionate humor, Fournier delivers both stark and subtle epiphanies alongside enduring truths, offering a deeper social commentary on the present conditions and future directions of American education.

With an engaging satiric approach, the author spares no topic in casting a wide net over education, covering music and the arts, school culture, leadership, assessment, staff development, history, technology, higher education, and many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631440090
Publisher:	Carrel Books
Publication date:	02/17/2015
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Lou Fournier is an Associate in the Thornburg Center for Professional Development. He is co-author of Enlighten Up! An Educator's Guide to Stress-free Living and author of Power and Purpose (2003). He has had careers in journalism, training and development, music, marketing, and as a corporate executive for education technology companies. Lou has been a guest of the President of the White House. His insights into purposeful use of music have been filmed for a Master's degree program for Walden University by Canter & Associates.

Table of Contents

About the Author
About the Illustrator
Acknowledgments
Foreword - David D. Thornburg
Dog Days of Leadership
Ge the Third Degree From EIT
Quantum Connections and the Flea Market School
How the Facts of Learning San the FAQs of Scripting
Aisle Four: Frozen Food and Education
Net Trek, Episode One: Voyage of the Browser
Tonight's Episode of "School Improvement "
Live at the Interstate Internet Lounge
Mortal Assessment Versus Overlord of Algebra
Thinking Comes to College
The Story of PINokio
Instant Staff Development in Good Taste
Dearth of a Salesman
How the Schmall and the Marines Came to Schools
The Truth of Teen Talk
Home-School-Mall Connection
My Big Appearance on Who Wants to Be a Staff Developer
Singin' the Blues for a Real Good Cause
A Clearer Seer: The Education Prophecies of Nostracosa
The Blazing Electrons' Winning Season
To Spin, Perchance to Dream
How Doc the Techie Saved Our School
Totally Unrehearsed Techno Telemarketing
Here's the Windup and the Pitch!
How to Win the Assessment Game and a Nice Toaster
From Here to Perplexity
Slim Spud and the Case of the Maltese Parakeet
Where Mosquitoes and Teacher Salaries Came From
Singin' in the School!
Curriculum in the Castle
The Techwreck Threat
Getcher Higher Ed Right Here
Sometimes You Can't Give Good Education Marketing Away
The Curtain Rises on Pro Development Theatre
Hot Thoughts From Idle Hands
Elma Explains Education

Editorial Reviews

"Fournier has firmly placed one foot in the pragmatic world of today, while the other points toward a future view of education where teachers and students are treated with respect, and all learners achieve to the best of their abilities. He does this through the medium of humor, and you are in for a genuine treat."

From the Foreword by David D. Thornburg

"Fournier has firmly placed one foot in the pragmatic world of today, while the other points toward a future view of education where teachers and students are treated with respect, and all learners achieve to the best of their abilities. He does this through the medium of humor, and you are in for a genuine treat."

David D. Thornburg