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Knowledge in the Making: Academic Freedom and Free Speech in America's Schools and Universities - Couverture rigide

DelFattore, Joan

 
9780300111811: Knowledge in the Making: Academic Freedom and Free Speech in America's Schools and Universities
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0300111819 ISBN 13 : 9780300111811
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2010

Synopsis

How free are students and teachers to express unpopular ideas in public schools and universities? Not free enough, Joan DelFattore suggests. Wading without hesitation into some of the most contentious issues of our times, she investigates battles over a wide range of topics that have fractured school and university communities - homosexuality-themed children's books, research on race-based intelligence, the teaching of evolution, the regulation of hate speech, and more - and with her usual evenhanded approach offers insights supported by theory and by practical expertise. Two key questions arise: What ideas should schools and universities teach? And what rights do teachers and students have to disagree with those ideas? The answers are not the same for all schools as they are for public universities. But far from drawing a bright line between them, DelFattore suggests that we must consider public education as a whole to determine how, and how successfully, it deals with conflicting views. When expert opinion clashes with popular belief, which should prevail? How much independence should teachers have? How do we foster the cutting-edge research that makes America a world leader in higher education? What are the free-speech rights of students? This uniquely accessible and balanced discussion deserves the full attention of everyone concerned with academic goals and agendas in our schools.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joan DelFattore is an award-winning author and professor of English and legal studies, University of Delaware.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300111819
ISBN 13 
9780300111811
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
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Personne responsable
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