{"product_id":"the-mind-at-work-valuing-the-intelligence-of-the-american-worker-9780143035572","title":"The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker","description":"\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a new preface for the 10th anniversary \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs did the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, Mike Rose's revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Rose\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. He has taught in a wide range of educational settings, from elementary school to adult literacy and job training programs. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Grawemeyer Award in Education, and awards from the Spencer Foundation, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Modern Language Association, and the American Educational Research Association. He also received the Commonwealth Club of California's Award for Literary Excellence in Nonfiction. His books include\u003ci\u003e Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Underprepared\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePossible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBack to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503074578706,"sku":"9780143035572","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0795458-8022-4e56-a051-cb80c7b3e58b.jpg?v=1730782005","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mind-at-work-valuing-the-intelligence-of-the-american-worker-9780143035572","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}