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This title in other formats:Critical Issues in Education: Dialogues and Dialecticsby Jack L. Nelson
Synopses & ReviewsBook News Annotation:The authors of this sixth edition are professors of education at
Rutgers, Pace, and U. of Missouri. In this text, containing all
original essays, they present opposing viewpoints on 18 contemporary
issues in education with the aim of promoting critical discussion and
debate. After an introduction discussing critical thinking
techniques, two essays on each issue are presented side-by-side under
three main themes: justice and equity, knowledge and literacy, and
school environment. Two chapters new to this edition address commerce
and education, and the challenges of discipline in classrooms. The
authors also consider the pros and cons of private school vouchers,
standards-based reform, religion in public schools, multicultural
education, teacher unions, and the mainstreaming of special needs
children, among other topics. This book is distributed by CRC press.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) About the AuthorJack L. Nelson a professor of education at Rutgers, obtained his doctorate from the University of Southern California. He is experienced teacher in schools at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels; his university teaching experience includes California State University, Los Angeles; the State University of New York at Buffalo; San Jose State University; and Cambridge University. Nelson has been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley; Stanford University, University of Colorado; and Curtin University and the University of Sydney in Australia. Critical Issues in Education is his sixteenth book; he has also published about 150 articles and reviews. He is listed in Whos Who in America and Contemporary Authors.Stuart B. Palonsky is professor of education and director of the Honors College at the University of Missouri-Columbia. A former public school teacher in New York and New Jersey, Palonsky earned his doctorate at Michigan State University. His publications include 900 Shows a Year, an ethnographic study of high school teaching from a classroom teachers perspective. In addition, Palonsky has published numerous articles and reviews in educational and social science journals, and has presented scholarly and professional papers on educational issues at national association conferences. Table of ContentsForeword by Nel NoddingsChapter 1: Introduction: Critical Issues and Critical ThinkingChapter 2: School Choice: Family or Public Funding Chapter 4: Academic Achievement Gap: Old Remedies or New Chapter 6: Standards-Based Reform: Real Change or Political Smoke ScreenChapter 8: Privatization of Schools: Boon or BaneChapter 9: Basic Education: Traditional or Critical Chapter 11: Multicultural Education: Democratic or Divisive Chapter 13: Technological Literacy: Necessary or ExcessivePart Three: How Should Schools Be Organized and Operated? Theme: School EnvironmentChapter 16: Academic Freedom: Teacher Rights or Responsibilities Chapter 18: Inclusion and Mainstreaming: Special or Common Education Index | ||||||||||||
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