The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
Postman, Neil
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BOOK SUMMARY
Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of econ
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Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our children with a sense of global citizenship, healthy intellectual skepticism, respect of America's traditions, and appreciation of its diversity? In answering this question, The End of Education restores meaning and common sense to the arena in which they are most urgently needed.
"Informal and clear...Postman's ideas about education are appealingly fresh."--New York Times Book Review
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ISBN: 0679750312
ISBN(13-digit): 9780679750314
Copyright: 1996
Dewey Decimal: 370/.973
Library of Congress: BL 00003817
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 209
Paper Weight (lb): 0.6
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