Cultural differences are not asserted through the specificity of dominant notions of race, gender, and class, but through a commitment to expanding dialogue and exchange across cultural lines as part of a wider attempt to deepen and develop democratic public life. This revised edition of the 1985 best-seller speaks eloquently to the need to attend to ever-present inequalities of education in the light of new political correctness, technology, and curricula.
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Cultural differences are not asserted through the specificity of dominant notions of race, gender, and class, but through a commitment to expanding dialogue and exchange across cultural lines as part of a wider attempt to deepen and develop democratic public life.
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Introduction: Beyond the Melting Pot--Schooling in the Twenty-first Century
Rethinking the Nature of Educational Reform
Teaching and the Role of the Transformative Intellectual
The Literacy Crisis: A Critique and Alternative
Reproduction and Resistance in Radical Theories of Schooling
Radical Pedagogy and the Legacy of Marxist Discourse
Curriculum Theory, Power, and Cultural Politics
The Universities and the Question of Political Correctness
Are We Having Fun Yet? Computers and the Future of Work and Play
Multiculturalism under Siege in the Reagan/Bush Era
Education and the Crisis in Public Philosophy
Schooling and the Future: Revitalizing Public Education
Selected Bibliography
Index
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The first edition of Education Under Siege, called a major achievement that deserves serious, sustained attention by College English, is now substantially revised and updated to include educational developments such as multiculturalism, political correctness, America 2000, AIDS in the schools, microsocieties, and unified universal learning through technology.
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The aim of this interdisciplinary series is to create critical spaces for pedagogical and political interventions in both school and cultural sites. The titles represent a mix of approaches including historical, bibliographical, critical, sociological, economic, and ethnographic.
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Product details
ISBN
9780897893114
Published
1993-08-30
Edition
2. edition
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Praeger Publishers Inc
Weight
397 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256