Head Stuffing Doesn't Work: Simple concepts about teaching and learning we choose to ignore

by Donovan Hadaway, Ashley Wilson (Editor), Matt Merchant (Illustrator)

The sixteen educational concepts discussed in Head Stuffing Doesn’t Work are timeless and practical. They are also ignored by those who should know better. They are the great ideas handed to us over the ages by those who learned things the hard way. Perhaps you have forgotten why you entered teaching in the first place. Maybe you have let fear destroy your effectiveness as a professional educator. This book will remind you that you are in the business of teaching students how to create and how to think. Everything else is just “head stuffing.”Using his own experiences and insights, Donovan Hadaway gives us a humorous look inside the worrisome and misunderstood world of education. There is a lot to be concerned about. Hadaway grieves over the senseless waste of human potential in the name of conformity. He also takes dead aim at educational systems built on performance and fairness. He makes the case that schools and teachers have everything they need to be effective. They just need to get back to the simple concepts that create thinkers. Unfortunately, the “head stuffers” who dominate our educational systems will have none of it. This book will reveal their misplaced priorities. Head Stuffing Doesn’t Work is an easy read for teachers, parents, and students who need some ideas to get their schools moving again.

81 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 14, 2010