The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling,9780787909345

The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780787909345
ISBN10: 0787909343
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-03-14
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

"I have been waiting for this book for a decade. In an age in which the national debate on school reform is concerned principally with tactics and process, this volume focuses on the most important of all questions. What is the purpose of school? How do we know if a school is working? The authors are the most highly regarded names in education. This is an important book for anyone interested in schooling in America today." -- Arthur Levine, president, Teachers College, Columbia University

Author Biography

JOHN I. GOODLAD is codirector of the Center for Educational Renewal at the University of Washington and president of the indepAndent Institute for Educational Inquiry in Seattle. He is one of the nation's foremost authorities on education and is author of numerous books and articles. TIMOTHY J. MCMANNON is a researcher with the Institute for Educational Inquiry and teaches history at colleges and universities in Seattle.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
The Editors xiii
The Contributors xv
Introduction: The Changing Purposes of Education and Schooling 1(20)
Timothy J. McMannon
Part One: Concepts
Public Schooling: Education for Democracy
21(12)
Benjamin R. Barber
The Meanings of ``Public Education''
33(8)
Theodore R. Sizer
Education, Equity, and the Right to Learn
41(14)
Linda Darling-Hammond
On Restoring Public and Private Life
55(18)
Gary D Fenstermacher
Toward a Democratic Rhetoric of Schooling
73(12)
Donna H. Kerr
Democracy: Do We Really Want It?
85(70)
Roger Soder
Part Two: Conversations
Education for Civility and Civitas
Panel Discussion
99(32)
Prospects for Reform
Conversation with the Audience
131(24)
Part Three: A Public Agenda?
Reprise and a Look Ahead
155(14)
John I. Goodlad
Additional Readings 169(4)
Index 173

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