Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-326) and index.
Contents
Preface : A progressive knotting into -- pt. 1. Propaedeutic. Obverting the oblivious ; Homo Deludens : The trivial pursuit of paideia -- pt. 2. Curriculosclerosis and related problems. The natural sciences ; The social sciences ; The humanities ; The arts -- pt. 3. From cultural illiteracy to remediation. Cultural illiteracy ; Evaluation, assessment, accountability ; Remediation -- pt. 4. Apeironic learning : A new paideia. Countercurriculums ; Hermetic pedagogies ; Changing all those changes -- Appendix : Aspects and versions of the shift in emphasis from teaching to instructing.