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The Saber-Tooth Curriculum | 
 enlarge | Author: J.a. Peddiwell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 513857
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 139
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 0070491518
Dewey Decimal Number: 817
EAN: 9780070491519
ASIN: 0070491518
Publication Date: June 1, 1959
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Product Description
In this little book a fictitious authority on stone-age education presents a series of lectures satirizing educators and education. Professor Peddiwell reports that the three fundamentals taught to youngsters in the paleolithic curriculum were (1) fish-grabbing-with-the-bare-hands, (2) horse-clubbing, and (3) saber-tooth-tiger-scaring-with-fire. When fish became too agile to catch with the bare hands and horses and tigers disappeared, schools nevertheless went on teaching the old fundamentals for their cultural value. The eventual revolt of the progressive educators against traditional curriculum is described in one of the most entertaining passages in this amusing satire.
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An Excellent Book Regarding Education!!! June 11, 2007
This is an interesting book regarding the process of education. It was required reading for a class I took entitled "educational philosophy." There is a lot packed into this book regarding educational philosophy and academia. It is funny to read and very enjoyable. I had to laugh out loud at several spots in the book. The main characters are a professor and one of his former students having a dialogue in a bar in Tijuana while enjoying their tequila shots. The storyline is very unique and innovative.
Another great book to read is "Trilogy Moments for the Mind, Body and Soul." This book introduces the new "Epulaeryu" poetic form, and it's also filled with great inspirational poems to stimulate the mind, body and soul.
Good read with poignant undertones. May 14, 2002
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a fun and interesting commentary on the "evolution" of our current educational system, you will enjoy this book. It is tongue in cheek while hitting the mark about trends in the educational system. This book comments on everything from religion to marriage to economics to afterschool programs. The characters Wayne and Peddiwell are wonderful, especially after they down several tequila daisies.
Don't let the 1959 date fool you. October 20, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Don't let the 1959 date fool you. Or the reference to curriculum. We have yet to learn and employ the lessons this book provides in education, in the military, in the analysis of clinical trials, and in socal policy. (Aren't we about to build a multi-trillion dollar missile system to keep out knife-wielding terrorists?)
One of the best books on education! August 4, 1998
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Paleolithic education will still be fashionable in the 21st century if educators of today are not going to do some reflections.
Witty, Caustic, and Creative Indictment of Academia September 12, 1997
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is in the form of a narrative dialogue between a professor and a former student in a Tijuana bar over the course of a few days. This bar in Tijuanna is the last place the former student (now a failing salesman) expected to find the straight-laced processor slamming tequilla shots and lecturing on the "History of Paleothic Education".The professor's lectures explore the reasons why the education system, generally, and academia, specifically, have failed to innovate and evolve, by spinning an allegorical tale of the history of the educational curriculum in a paleolithic tribe. Funny, witty, entertaining, and a very fast read (I read it in around 3 hours), this book is a must read not only for those in academia, but for anyone that had, or has, to do dogmatic, antiquated, and non-sensical tasks in their school and/or workplace.A true gem
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