The end of education : redefining the value of school |
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書目記錄號碼 989559
著者: Postman, Neil.
書名: The end of education : redefining the value of school / Neil Postman.
版本: 1st ed.
出版者: New York : Knopf, 1995.
稽查項 xi, 209 p. ; 22 cm.
備註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
主題: Education United States. Educational change United States. Education United States Aims and objectives.
標準號碼 0679430067
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After 20 books (e.g., Technopoly, LJ 1/92), Postman, social critic par excellence, has returned to his original turf: education. Sharp, witty, and frequently quotable, he demolishes many leading popular themes as lacking in meaning. Education without spiritual content or, as he puts it, without a myth or narrative to sustain and motivate, is education without a purpose. That purpose used to be democracy and could still be, if only we were willing to look for the elements that unite rather than separate. Postman considers multiculturalism a separatist movement that destroys American unity. Diversity, however, is one of the themes he would employ in teaching language, history, and culture. Postman offers a number of positive and uplifting themes around which a new education philosophy could be formulated, some of which are far-fetched or extreme but nonetheless interesting. A most welcome addition to the education debate; highly recommended for all libraries. |
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