Mental Penguins - out this month!
A sobering look at the ongoing crisis in civic learning and the fatal attraction of information technology.
I literally could not put this
book down. Prof. Sardamov makes a passionate, meticulously-researched and utterly compelling case for reinstating reading (yes: old-fashioned text-based reading) at the heart of formal education. No
UK or US academic at the moment would dare to write this book - but, boy, do we need it! Buy it, read it and send a copy to your favourite politician. Sue Palmer | Literacy specialist, author of Toxic Childhood and Upstart
An impassioned plea for the need to avoid gimmickry in education and to recapture the patient reading and learning that gives depth and breadth to developing minds. Those who have their own reasons not to hear its important message will easily dismiss this very personal book, but they would be unwise to do so. Dr. Iain McGilchrist | psychiatrist, author of The Master and His Emissary
Prof. Sardamov has accomplished a fabulous integration of the personal narrative and academic form, with a readable, understandable call to alarm for anybody willing to listen. His own experience is
compelling, and his review of many aspects of neuroscience, psychology and even philosophy lend tremendous theoretical support to his argument. Dr. Stephanie Brown | clinical psychologist, author of SPEED
Professor Ivelin Sardamov draws on key findings in neuroscience to explain the waning interest in and knowledge of complex social issues in the United States and around the world. Attributing this
trend primarily to the effects of information overload, ubiquitous screens and constant access to the internet, Sardamov argues that chronic over-stimulation generated by the current
sociotechnological environment fosters addictive tendencies in today's young people.
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