Education and the Crisis of Public Values: Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education- Second edition - Couverture souple

Giroux, Henry A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 143313067X ISBN 13 : 9781433130670

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2015

Synopsis

Updated with both a new introduction and a series of interviews, the second edition of 'Education and the Crisis of Public Values' examines American society's shift away from democratic public values, the ensuing move toward a market-driven mode of education, and the last decade's growing social disinvestment in youth. The book discusses the number of ways that the ideal of public education as a democratic public sphere has been under siege, including full-fledged attacks by corporate interests on public school teachers, schools of education, and teacher unions. It also reveals how a business culture cloaked in the guise of generosity and reform has supported a charter school movement that aims to dismantle public schools in favor of a corporate-friendly privatized system. The book encourages educators to become public intellectuals, willing to engage in creating a formative culture of learning that can nurture the ability to defend public and higher education as a general good - one crucial to sustaining a critical citizenry and a democratic society.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 143313067X
• ISBN 13: 9781433130670
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 215