Using the Medical Model in Education

David A. Turner is Professor of Education at the University of Glamorgan. Before he entered academia, he taught Physics in secondary schools in England. His previous book, Theory of Education, won the World Education Fellowship Prize in 2006.

• Chapter 1: Cognition Enhancing Drugs; Chapter 2: The physical basis of intelligence; Chapter 3: What is 'hard-wired' in the brain?; Chapter 4: What is intelligence?; Chapter 5: Thinking harder or thinking smarter?; Chapter 6: Attention Deficit; Chapter 7: Hyperactivity Disorder; Chapter 8: Two different approaches to learning; Chapter 9: Discipline and Respect; Chapter 10: Whither education?; Chapter 11: Conclusions.

'A timely intervention in the drug-based medical model of education designed to enhance cognition and the efficiency of learning. Turner teaches us to be suspicious of claims based on alleged medical parallels with education and examines the underlying assumptions behind the view that cognition, learning and intelligence can be enhanced through drug therapy. In the increasingly medicalised world of education this book should be read by educators and policy-makers.' Michael A. Peters, Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, USA