Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Educational Issues (Taking Sides: Educational Issues)

 

Taking Sides Takes on a Wide Range of Issues

The 2006 Taking Sides Student Collection brings together the arguments of leading social and behavioral scientists, educators, and contemporary commentators, forming 18 to 20 debates, or issues, that present the pros and cons of current controversies in an area of study. The ideal collection for libraries serving undergraduate college students, this set features the following titles:

Taking Sides: African Issues, 2/E         

Taking Sides: Abnormal Psychology, 4/E         

Taking Sides: Crime and Criminology, 7/E        

Taking Sides: Environmental Issues, 12/E         

Taking Sides: Social Issues, 14/E         

Taking Sides: Educational Psychology, 4/E       

Taking Sides: Gender   

Taking Sides: Latin American Issues     

Taking Sides: Lifespan Development    

Taking Sides: Mass Media and Society, 9/E     

Taking Sides: Educational Issues          

Taking Sides: World Politics, 12/E       

Taking Sides: Social Psychology, 2/E   

Taking Sides: World History VI, 3/E    

Taking Sides: World History V2, 2/E

Index on CD-ROM     

This EXPANDED Fourteenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: EDUCATIONAL ISSUES presents two additional current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructors manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.

PART 1. Basic Theoretical Issues

ISSUE 1. Should Schooling Be Based on Social Experiences?

YES: John Dewey, from Experience and Education (Macmillan, 1938)

NO: Robert M. Hutchins, from The Conflict in Education in a Democratic Society (Harper & Row, 1953)

ISSUE 2. Should the Curriculum Be Standardized for All?

YES: Mortimer J. Adler, from “The Paideia Proposal: Rediscovering the Essence of Education,” American School Board Journal (July 1982)

NO: John Holt, from Escape From Childhood (E. P. Dutton, 1974)

ISSUE 3. Should Behaviorism Shape Educational Practices?

YES: B. F. Skinner, from Beyond Freedom and Dignity (Alfred A. Knopf, 1971)

NO: Carl R. Rogers, from Freedom to Learn for the Eighties (Merrill, 1983)

ISSUE 4. Is Constructivism the Best Philosophy of Education?

YES: David Elkind, from “The Problem with Constructivism,” The Educational Forum (Summer 2004)

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