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Uncritical acceptance of Sesame Street as a model for “learning” has been part of a larger infatuation with expedient, product-oriented approaches that denigrate the essence of the educational enterprise. Its substitution of surface glitz for substance has started a generation of children in the seductive school of organized silliness, where their first lesson is that learning is something adults can be expected to make happen for them as quickly and pleasantly as possible.

Quote ID: 00164

Author

Jane Healy

Source

Endangered Minds

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