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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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780897893114
Publisert
1993-08-30
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
397 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Om bidragsyterne

STANLEY ARONOWITZ is Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He has written books of which Honor America, The Politics of Identity, and Science as Power are recent titles. HENRY A. GIROUX is the Waterbury Chair Professor of Education at The Pennsylvania State University. He is series editor of Critical Studies in Education and Culture and the author of numerous titles in critical pedagogy.