{"product_id":"the-feel-good-curriculum-the-dumbing-down-of-americas-kids-in-the-name-of-self-esteem-9780738204352","title":"The Feel-Good Curriculum: The Dumbing-Down of America's Kids in the Name of Self-Esteem","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maureen Stout\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Educational Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe so-called self-esteem movement-a progressive, child-centered, discovery model of schooling-has transformed schools into therapeutic clinics and teachers into counselors, creating a generation of entitled, righteous, underachieving children. An insider's account of the pernicious aspects of this seemingly well-meaning movement, \u003ci\u003eThe Feel-Good Curriculum\u003c\/i\u003e provides devastating evidence that our belief in the power and importance of self-esteem in education is misplaced and without basis.Avoiding political posturing and political correctness, \u003ci\u003eThe Feel-Good Curriculum\u003c\/i\u003e identifies the four specific effects of self-esteem's stranglehold on our schools-narcissism, emotivism, separatism, and cynicism. It prescribes antidotes to them-empathy, rationality and morality, connectedness, and skepticism-and offers a hopeful view of educational philosophy for the next millennium. Professor Stout urges us to replace our coddling, indulgent approach to building self-esteem in children with a sense of authentic self-confidence developed from intellectual, physical, and moral effort and achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355779162263,"sku":"9780738204352","price":1671.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780738204352.webp?v=1767309054","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-feel-good-curriculum-the-dumbing-down-of-americas-kids-in-the-name-of-self-esteem-9780738204352","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}