*Take $10 off when you spend $50+! Use code NEWYEAR10. Ends Mon 5 Jan. T&Cs apply.
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Fast and Curious : A History of Shortcuts in American Education - Robert L. Hampel

Fast and Curious

A History of Shortcuts in American Education

By: Robert L. Hampel

eText | 15 December 2017 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

eText

$55.79

or 4 interest-free payments of $13.95 with

 or 

Instant online reading in your Booktopia eTextbook Library *

Why choose an eTextbook?

Instant Access *

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

* eTextbooks are not downloadable to your eReader or an app and can be accessed via web browsers only. You must be connected to the internet and have no technical issues with your device or browser that could prevent the eTextbook from operating.
This book examines four types of shortcuts in the history of American education—streamlined paths to vocational success, cultural sophistication, college credentials, and the efficient use of English. The chapters profile Norman Rockwell, the Harvard Classics, Cliff Notes, speed reading, a Doctor of Arts diploma for college teachers, and other riveting examples of time-savers that attracted millions of ambitious Americans since the late 19th century.
Industry Reviews
Devised by well-intended educators, entrepreneurs, and scoundrels, programs like the Famous Artists School, university based correspondence schools, The Great Books of the Western World, paint-by-numbers kits, Cliff Notes, shorthand, and speedreading have promised make learning faster and/or easier. Hampel’s highly original and often entertaining account captures the fascinating history of our perennial quest for shortcuts. I could not put it down!
on
Desktop
Tablet
Mobile

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionEducationEducational PsychologyReference, Information & Interdisciplinary SubjectsEncyclopaedias & Reference WorksReference Works

More in Education

SAFE : Science and Technology in the Age of Ter - Martha Baer

eBOOK

SAFE

Science and Technology in the Age of Ter

eBook

RRP $25.99

$20.99

19%
OFF
Think Big : Make It Happen in Business and Life - Donald J. Trump

eBOOK

Think Big

Make It Happen in Business and Life

eBook

RRP $28.99

$23.99

17%
OFF

This product is categorised by