| Description |
175 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Our schools as an apprenticeship in democracy / John I. Goodlad -- Public education is the common wealth of the nation / M. Donald Thomas and Joan P. Kowal -- Educating the "good" citizen: political choices and pedagogical goals / Joel Westheimer and Joseph Kahne -- The American tradition of education / J. Merrell Hansen -- Eight considerations in the battle for public schools / Bruce M. Mitchell -- Education for democracy: liberal, conservative, or does it matter? / Donovan R. Walling -- Take back public education: a task for intellectuals in a time of crisis / Henry A. Giroux and Susan Searls Giroux -- Democracy, education, and a free press: beyond the cliché / Denis P. Doyle -- Too much democracy? / Robert P. Engvall -- Teaching for democratic citizenship / Patricia K. Kubow -- Changing governance, changing voice? Democratic representation in public school governance / Ann Allen -- Teaching for wisdom: what matters is not what students know, but how they use it / Robert J. Sternberg -- Children of promise / Mary Ann Manos -- Sectarian schooling and civic responsibility: "social capital" in Jewish day schools / Carol Harris-Shapiro -- A madhouse without keepers / Thomas S. Smith -- Public education is alive and well in Fairfax County / Daniel L. Duke. |
| Subject |
Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Education -- Aims and objectives. |
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United States. |
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Democracy -- United States.
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Democracy. |
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Public schools -- United States.
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Public schools. |
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Education -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Education -- Political aspects. |
| Added Author |
Walling, Donovan R., 1948-
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Phi Delta Kappa. Educational Foundation.
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| ISBN |
0873678540 |
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