Out of Our Minds: Turning the Tide of Anti-Intellectualism in American Schools - Couverture souple

Howley, Craig B.; Howley, Aimee; Pendarvis, Edwina D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1618216007 ISBN 13 : 9781618216007

Editeur : Prufrock Pr, 2017

Synopsis

This second edition of the often-cited book on anti-intellectualism, Out of Our Minds , focuses on U.S. schools' failure to care for the intellects and talents of all children, gifted children in partiar. The reion comprises 10 chapters: (1) what is intellect and why is it important?; (2) the failure to tivate intellect in American schooling; (3) intellectualism and anti-intellectualism among teachers; (4) families and credentialism; (5) the anti-intellectual university: (6) the anti-intellectual media: (7) anti-intellectual programming for the gifted; (8) ethics, justice, equality, and intellect; (9) where might an intellectual education reside?; and (10) what might an intellectual education look like? The authors provocatively examine issues of poverty, racism, and sexism and look at new information on the roles of higher education, media and technology, privatization, families, and the global economy as they pertain to the education of students in American schools.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prufrock Pr
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1618216007
• ISBN 13: 9781618216007
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 322
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible