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"What a great idea to apply social psychology to the schools of today...Aronson's knowledge of social psychology, his research, and experience on cooperative learning in schools, and his rhetorical gifts make him the perfect person to write this book." -- Dave Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College, and author of the textbook Psychology

"Wonderfully written. Lucid, energetic, and engaging. The topic is of huge interest and importance... [Aronson's] optimism and empathy come through loud and clear." -- Susan Engel, Director of Program in Teaching, Williams College, and author of The Stories Children Tell --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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On April 20, 1999, the halls of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, reverberated with the sound of gunshots as two students, highly armed and consumed with rage, killed thirteen students and seriously injured twenty-three before turning the guns on themselves. It was the worst school massacre in out nation's history. Can we prevent a tragedy like this from happening again?

In Elliot Aronson's Nobody Left to Hate, on of our nation's leading social psychologists argues that the negative atmosphere in our schools--the exclusion, taunting, humiliation, and bullying--played a major role in triggering the pathological behavior of the shooters. At the very least, such an atmosphere makes schools an unpleasant experience for most normal students.

But it doesn't have to be. Nobody Left to Hate offers concise, practical, and easy-to-apply strategies for creating a more supportive, stimulating, and compassionate environment in our schools. Based on decades of scientific research and classroom testing, these strategies explain how students can be taught to control their own impulses, how to respect others, and how to resolve conflicts amicably. In addition, they show teachers how to structure classes to promote cooperation, rather than competition, without sacrificing academics. On the contrary, education is greatly enhanced.

For parents, teachers, or anyone concerned with what is happening in our schools, Nobody Left to Hate provides a simple and effective plan of action that will make their children's school not only a safe place, but a more humane place of learning.

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; 1 edition (July 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0805070990
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805070996
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #141,327 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A hateful place, July 23, 2000
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Someone has said that every complicated problem has a simple solution-- and it is wrong. Barbers, editorial writers and other purveyors of simple solutions have said that school shootings, such as the one at Columbine High School in Colorado, can be prevented by posting the Ten Commandments, reinstituting school prayer, or kicking out "weird" students. Eliot Aronson, a prominent social psychologist, offers a more sophisticated analysis of school violence. He reminds us that in American high schools, bullying, sarcasm, threats, humiliation, physical abuse, and social isolation are commonplace. It is an atmosphere in which even favored students must tred lightly or risk exile. The shooters are nearly always those who have been pushed by their peers to the outside. Educators seldom contribute to this hostile environment directly, but they often do little to change it.

Aronson suggests some concrete steps that can be taken. In particular, he advocates that part of the school day be set aside for cooperative forms of learning. Aronson devised one form of cooperative learning, the jigsaw method, for the express purpose of reducing tensions in the process of teaching regular subjects. The jigsaw method requires students who are not members of the same clique to work together for their mutual benefit. It has been found to reduce tensions and improve the social status of "outsiders." This is NOT group therapy or social engineering; it is a way of teaching regular content that helps bring students together.

Whether cooperative teaching methods will substantially reduce the frequency of school violence is uncertain. But Aronson has at least put his finger on the central problem, the fact that our high schools are places that generate hate. I think every high school teacher and parent in the country should read this book. We need to get past the simplistic solutions. (For more on this book, see my review in the September, 2000 issue of Psychology Today.)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Aronson's work, July 26, 2001
On one level, this book is a wonderful advertisement for the jigsaw classroom system and the benefits it can affect in schools. It also does a decent job of pointing out how many of the currently offered solutions to problems in school are really treating symptoms (violence, depression), and not the underlying causes (an overemphasis on inter-student competition). On another level, this book can serve as a very, *very* basic introduction to social psychological theory, almost like a case-study novella.

While this book is good for people looking for a quick and simple exploration of what those involved in the system can actually *do* to help make the school system a better place, the social psychology theory surrounding the ideas is explored to better fruition in his books 'The Social Animal' and 'Age of Propaganda'. Of course, those books are both more expensive and considerably longer than this slim, small volume. But if the ideas presented here spark your interest, I can highly suggest the other two books, and 'The Social Animal' in particular fleshes out the social psych theories that underlie 'Nobody Left To Hate'

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Saving our School Children, July 29, 2000
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This is a great book. It is perhaps the most important book I have read in the past five years. Elliot Aronson, an internationally renowned social psychologist provides us with a brilliant analysis of the causes of the epidemic of lethal violence in our schools and with some tried and true solutions to the problem. Eschewing the simple solutions like metal detectors and posting the Ten Commandments, he goes right to the heart of the matter--arguing convincingingly that in order to reduce violence in schools we must deal directly with the poisonous atmosphere of exclusion, taunting and bullying. We must not only teach reading, writing and arithmatic, we must also teach, cooperation, compassion and empathy.

His solution: We can achieve all of these things while, at the same time, improving academic performance. This can be done by employing the jigsaw method of instruction. This is a strategy which places students in small cooperative learning groups where students must cooperate with one another in order to learn the day's lesson. In the course of working together, they learn to respect one another, care about one another--even if they are from different background and different ethnic groups.

Twenty-five years of careful scientific research in dozens of scools shows that jigsaw works!

If all schools used the jigsaw at least some of the time, there would never be another Columbine tragedy. The jigsaw technique can be used by any teacher. Detailed instructions are available free on the Internet.

Nobody Left to Hate is must reading for teachers, parents and concerned citizens. The book is a delight to read: it reads like an exciting novel and it teaches like a master teacher.

Thank you, Professor Aronson for a remarkable gift!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Start To Aronson's Work.
This book is written in a very simplistic manner. I personally have not read any of Aronson's other material and, frankly, stumbled upon this by accident. Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. DeKalb

5.0 out of 5 stars Has America's Culture of Hate finally Metastasized?
As one with great respect for Professor Aronson's work; one who has read and reviewed several of his other books, and one who also respects and believes that the practical advice... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Herbert L Calhoun

1.0 out of 5 stars I threw this book across the room when I finished it...
This is a terrible book. If it weren't dealing with such a sensitive issue, I might not have been so disappointed. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Finding solutions after Columbine
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4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting approach
This book is recommended to anyone who deals with children and adolescents, is in the field of education, parents, and teachers. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good thoughts!
As a seventh grade mathematics teacher, studying to be a school counselor, I found this book to be helpful. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Authoritative
Nobody left to hate is both comprehensive and brief a rare combination in social psycho;logy texts. I do think that the title is a bit overly optimistic. Read more
Published on June 2, 2001 by P. Fox

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical strategies for educators
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5.0 out of 5 stars A real solution
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Published on May 27, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Adding a few answers to the puzzle of Why?
Finally, a book about Columbine by someone other than a Christian minister using the deaths as PR for his Faith. Aronson says, "Condemnation is a great indoor sport. Read more
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