Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching can Transform Education

31 David Perkins Mary Tedrow-reviewer 2008 Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching can Transform Education 978-0-470-38452-7 <p>David Perkins describes a sound wholistic approach to teaching and learning, but his book fails to make the leap from theory to practical application that could help busy teachers begin to transform their practice. "This book offers little practical advice that might help instructors who resist leaving their safe academic curricula to make the uncomfortable leap to teaching the whole game," says reviewer Mary Tedrow. "Little is provided to bridge that gap through visualization or application of his theories. No helping hand is offered to teachers who struggle against a tide of mandates that encourage ever more <i>elementitis</i>, grasping for any means to offer substantive learning experiences for their students."</p>