The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling

Herausgeber: Goodlad, John I; McMannon, Timothy J

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Produktbeschreibung

Eloquent and passionate essays about the meaning and value of education.In this exceptional work, prominent educators/scholars explore the vital links between education and a civil society. They debate the fundamental values and ideals that govern schooling and make a impassioned plea for a renewed commitment to public education that will ensure our democratic rights and freedoms. The scholarly contributors propose an expanded mission for education that recognizes schooling as a moral and civic Andeavor and would serve as a framework for guiding the charge for meaningful school reforms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780787909345
• ISBN-10: 0787909343
• Artikelnr.: 22947697

Autorenporträt

JOHN I. GOODLAD is codirector of the Center for Educational Renewal at the University of Washington and president of the indepAndent Institute for Educational Inquiry in Seattle. He is one of the nation's foremost authorities on education and is author of numerous books and articles. TIMOTHY J. MCMANNON is a researcher with the Institute for Educational Inquiry and teaches history at colleges and universities in Seattle.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Changing Purposes of Education and Schooling: A Look
Back.
CONCEPTS.
1. Public Schooling: Education for Democracy (Benjamin R. Barber).
2. The Meanings of? Public Education? (Theodore R. Sizer).
3. Education, Equity, and the Right to Learn (Linda Darling-Hammond).
4. On Restoring Public and Private Life (Gary D Fenstermacher).
5. Toward a Democratic Rhetoric of Schooling (Donna H. Kerr).
6. Democracy: Do We Really Want It? (Roger Soder).
CONVERSATIONS.
7. Education for Civility and Civitas (Panel Discussion).
8. Prospects for Reform (Conversation with the Audience).
A PUBLIC AGENDA?
9. Reprise and a Look Ahead (John I. Goodlad).