Updated with both a new introduction and a series of interviews, the
second edition of Education and the Crisis of Public Values examines
American society’s shift away from democratic public values, the
ensuing move toward a market-driven mode of education, and the last
decade’s growing social disinvestment in youth. The book discusses
the number of ways that the ideal of public education as a democratic
public sphere has been under siege, including full-fledged attacks by
corporate interests on public school teachers, schools of education,
and teacher unions. It also reveals how a business culture cloaked in
the guise of generosity and reform has supported a charter school
movement that aims to dismantle public schools in favor of a
corporate-friendly privatized system. The book encourages educators to
become public intellectuals, willing to engage in creating a formative
culture of learning that can nurture the ability to defend public and
higher education as a general good – one crucial to sustaining a
critical citizenry and a democratic society.
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ISBN
9781454189596
Publisert
2018
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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