Description
| Product ID: | 9781433130670 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Counterpoints |
| Title: | Education and the Crisis of Public Values |
| Subtitle: | Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education – Second edition |
| Authors: | Author: Henry A. Giroux |
| Page Count: | 193 |
| Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Society and culture: general, Philosophy and theory of education, Secondary schools, Society & culture: general, Philosophy & theory of education, Secondary schools |
| Description: | 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-04-23 |
