Nerds
Author: Anderegg, David
ISBN: 9781585428526
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 03 Mar 2011
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"Anderegg's clear-eyed look at a damaging cultural truism does nerds and jocks-all Americans, really-a service." (i>The Washington Post/i>). /b> br>br> Thick glasses, socially awkward, a math whiz with a pocket protector- everyone knows what a nerd is. But where did this stereotype come from? Children aren't born knowing what a "nerd" or "geek" is, so why do they know by the age of five or six that they don't want to be one? In this revised and updated paperback edition of his thought-provoking book, family psychotherapist and psychology professor David Anderegg reveals how the systematic disparagement of "nerds" in our culture is bad for our children and even worse for America. In i>Nerds/i>, Anderegg examines why science and engineering have become socially poisonous disciplines, why adults wink at the derision of "nerdy" kids, and what the cost of this rising tide of anti- intellectualism is to both our children and our nation. Drawing upon education research, psychological theory, and his own interviews with nerdy and non-nerdy kids alike, Anderegg argues that in order to prepare rising generations to compete in the global marketplace, we need to revisit how we think about "nerds."
ISBN: 9781585428526
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 03 Mar 2011
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"Anderegg's clear-eyed look at a damaging cultural truism does nerds and jocks-all Americans, really-a service." (i>The Washington Post/i>). /b> br>br> Thick glasses, socially awkward, a math whiz with a pocket protector- everyone knows what a nerd is. But where did this stereotype come from? Children aren't born knowing what a "nerd" or "geek" is, so why do they know by the age of five or six that they don't want to be one? In this revised and updated paperback edition of his thought-provoking book, family psychotherapist and psychology professor David Anderegg reveals how the systematic disparagement of "nerds" in our culture is bad for our children and even worse for America. In i>Nerds/i>, Anderegg examines why science and engineering have become socially poisonous disciplines, why adults wink at the derision of "nerdy" kids, and what the cost of this rising tide of anti- intellectualism is to both our children and our nation. Drawing upon education research, psychological theory, and his own interviews with nerdy and non-nerdy kids alike, Anderegg argues that in order to prepare rising generations to compete in the global marketplace, we need to revisit how we think about "nerds."
