I happen to agree with you about the author. My experience student teaching, though, showed me that for all the pedagogy I studied, the entire school system was

I happen to agree with you about the author. My experience student teaching, though, showed me that for all the pedagogy I studied, the entire school system was still geared toward the same basic goals as it was in the 1900's. If you're studying pedagogy because you're wanting to enter or change the system, just be aware that the things you're learning are great ideas that may have very little institutional support.