About the Author
Roland G. Tharp is chair of the Board of Studies in Education and professor of education and psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Tharp is the recipient of the prestigious 1993 Grawemeyer Award in Education for his book Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context (1988). Roland G. Tharp is chair of the Board of Studies in Education and professor of education and psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Tharp is the recipient of the prestigious 1993 Grawemeyer Award in Education for his book Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context (1988). Roland G. Tharp is chair of the Board of Studies in Education and professor of education and psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Tharp is the recipient of the prestigious 1993 Grawemeyer Award in Education for his book Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context (1988). Roland G. Tharp is chair of the Board of Studies in Education and professor of education and psychology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Tharp is the recipient of the prestigious 1993 Grawemeyer Award in Education for his book Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Social Context (1988).