Critical issues in education : an anthology of readings

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Author:

Provenzo, Eugene F.

ISBN:

9781412936552

9781412904773

Publication Information:

Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, c2006.

Physical Description:

xv, 312 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Educational thought in Western culture -- Introduction -- Prologue: modern and postmodern thought -- "Orientation" editorial for The social frontier (1934) / George S. Counts -- "The need for transcendence in the postmodern world" (1994) / Vaclav Havel -- The aims of education -- "My pedagogic creed" (1897) / John Dewey -- Cardinal principles of secondary education (1918) / National Education Association -- "A morally defensible mission for schools in the 21st century" (1997) / Nel Noddings -- Society and education -- Selection from notes on the state of Virginia (1781) / Thomas Jefferson -- "Thoughts upon the mode of education proper in a republic" (1786) / Benjamin Rush -- Selections from report no. 12 of the Massachusetts School Board (1848) / Horace Mann -- Selection from Dare the schools build a new social order (1932) / George S. Counts -- Compulsory schooling, education, and the transmission of culture -- Massachusetts Compulsory School Law (1852) / General Court of Massachusetts -- Selection from Compulsory mis-education (1964) / Paul Goodman -- "Vulnerability in education" (1966) / Jules Henry -- "The banking model of education" (1970) / Paulo Freire -- "Why we must disestablish school" (1970) / Ivan Illich -- Sexuality and education -- Selection from A vindication of the rights of woman (1792) / Mary Wollstonecraft -- Seneca Falls declaration (1848) / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Equal right amendment (1921) / Alice Paul -- Title IX (1972) / Congress of the United States -- "The absent presence: patriarchy, capitalism, and the nature of teacher work" (1987) / Patti Lather -- "A queer youth" (1996) / Paul H. Cottell, Jr -- "How and why boys under-achieve" (2000) / Wendy Bradford and Colin Noble -- Race, multiculturalism, and education -- Laws prohibiting the education of slaves (1830-1832) / General Assembly of the State of North Carolina; General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and the General Assembly of Alabama -- "Industrial education for the negro" (1903) / Booker T. Washington -- "The talented tenth" (1903) / W. E. B. Du Bois -- "A talk to teachers" (1963) / James Baldwin -- "Education for all handicapped children act" (1975) / Congress of the United States of America -- "Border pedagogy in the age of postmodernism" (1988) / Henry Giroux -- "Multicultural education and school reform" (2001) / Sonia Nieto -- Social class and education -- Selection from Pygmalion in the classroom (1968) / Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson -- "Social class and the hidden curriculum of work" (1980) / Jean Anyon -- "Crossing class boundaries" (2000) / Bell Hooks -- Technology and education -- Augmenting human intellect (1962) / Douglas Engelbart -- "How computers contribute to the ecological crisis" (1990) / C.A. Bowers -- "The field: knowledge in computerized societies" (1979) / Jean-Franc̦ois Lyotard.

Subject Term:

Education -- United States -- History.

Educational law and legislation -- United States -- History.

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Provenzo, Eugene F.

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Eugene Provenzo, a nationally recognized scholar in the social and cultural foundations of education, has edited this collection of significant readings relevant to western traditions of education. Focusing on modern and postmodern ideas, Critical Issues in Education: An Anthology of Readings includes selections from scholars of education ranging from John Dewey and William James to important contemporary writers such as bell hooks, Sonia Nieto, and Henry Giroux. Key Features: Provides strong introductory materials: The editor has developed this as a course text and therefore provides original contributions to contextualize and shape the selections into a meaningful whole. He offers commentary and analysis throughout in the form of original essays, head notes, and questions that help students engage with the anthologized readings. Follows a comprehensive development of themes: A compilation of many of the most significant readings about education in the west, the book is organized into seven thematic units--The Aims of Education; Society and Education; Compulsory Education and the Transmission of Culture; Sexuality and Education; Race; Multiculturalism, and Education; Social Class and Education; and Technology and Education. Stimulates critical thinking: The editor includes readings that are important, provocative, and inherently interesting, and that encourage readers to critically reflect on the meaning of education and schooling in American culture. In addition, discussion questions for each of the eight thematic units facilitate classroom discussion.

Intended Audience: This is an ideal supplementary text for undergraduate and graduate courses on the foundations of education such as Foundations of Education; Historical Foundations of Education; Philosophical Foundations of Education; and Issues in Education. It will also be a welcome addition to individual scholars′ bookshelves.