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The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School

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Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our children with a sense of global citizenship, healthy intellectual skepticism, respect of America's traditions, and appreciation of its diversity? In answering this question, The End of Education restores meaning and common sense to the arena in which they are most urgently needed. <P><BR>"Informal and clear...Postman's ideas about education are appealingly fresh."--New York Times Book Review
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ISBN:
9780679750314
Subtitle:
Redefining the Value of School
Author:
Postman, Neil
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Subject:
History
Subject:
Social aspects
Subject:
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Copyright:
1996
Publication Date:
October 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
224
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8.10x5.22x.57 in. .49 lbs.
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