John Taylor Gatto

John Taylor Gatto was an American teacher, essayist, writer and pedagogue (1935–2018). He was born at Monongahela and died at New York City.

John Taylor Gatto in brief

Born
1935
Died
2018
Known for
teacher,essayist,writer,pedagogue
Place of birth
Monongahela

Overview

Born at Monongahela in 1935, died at New York City in 2018.

Catalogued works

12 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Dumbing Us Down. The Underground History of American Education. Education's Not the Point. Beyond schooling. Weapons of mass instruction. Homeschooling. Skip College. The Adventures of Snider, the CIA Spider, by John Taylor Gatto. Challenging the Giant. A different kind of teacher. The Exhausted School. Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

GATTO, John Taylor, Emburrecimento programado: o currículo oculto da escolarização obrigatória. Tradução Leonardo Araujo. Campinas, SP: Kírion, 2019, Revista Perspectiva, 2023.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Dumbing us down - John Taylor Gatto — Internet Archive. How education dumbs kids down — Internet Archive. SIX LESSON TEACHER - ENGLISH - EDUCATION — Internet Archive. "How to Read Between the Lines" - John Taylor Gatto (2017) — Internet Archive. INSTITUTIONAL SCHOOLING MUST BE DESTROYED - ENGLISH - EDUCATION — Internet Archive. "Open-Source Method: Genius Education" - EXAMPLES - John Taylor Gatto (2015) — Internet Archive. "Drawing a Line in the Sand" - REVOLUTIONARY! - John Taylor Gatto (2015) — Internet Archive. "Achievement Tests Are a Scam" - ORWELLIAN - John Taylor Gatto (2015) — Internet Archive. Emburrecimento Programado - John Taylor Gatto — Internet Archive. Book Review of "The Underground History of American Education" — Internet Archive. "School is a Jobs Project" (Case Example of Benson, VT SPEECH) - John Taylor Gatto (2015) — Internet Archive. Secrets of Video Marketing - John Taylor Gatto - "Our birthright" (2015) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

John Taylor Gatto studied at Columbia University, Hunter College and University of Pittsburgh. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is pedagogy and education.

Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City. Residence is recorded at Oxford.

Chronology

  1. 1935John Taylor Gatto born at Monongahela.
  2. 2015"Open-Source Method: Genius Education" - EXAMPLES - John Taylor Gatto digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2017"How to Read Between the Lines" - John Taylor Gatto digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2018John Taylor Gatto died at New York City.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “John Taylor Gatto”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q952347: John Taylor Gatto

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