
Cultural Miseducation
In Search of a Democratic Solution
Jane Roland Martin(Author)
Teachers' College Press
Will be published approx. on 11. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-8077-4239-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this engaging and accessible volume, Jane Roland Martin develops a brilliantly innovative approach to education that illuminates one of the most pressing issues of our day - the passing down of ""cultural liabilities,"" such as violence in the home, school, and world at large and hatred of other races, religions, genders, ethnicities, or sexual orientations. By encouraging readers to look at education from the standpoint of culture, new questions emerge: How is a culture's wealth to be defined? Who is qualified to contribute to it? How can we preserve a culture's assets for the next generation? Cultural Miseducation: Constructs a new framework for viewing education, school, and curriculum. Develops more inclusive, democratic definitions of culture and citizenship. Expands the concept of educational agency to include all groups and institutions in our society. Covers such important issues as a national curriculum, violence in the media, hate speech, censorship, and standardized testing.
Reviews / Votes
Jane Roland Martin addresses one of the most important questions facing any culture, made critical today by the surge in the ubiquitous educating that surrounds us....Her answers are a wake-up call for everyone, not just educators. - John Goodlad, President, Institute for Educational Inquiry; ""Jane Martin gives us the single most important key to improving education: excitement about how to do it. In the midst of despair about schools, she creates ideas and hope."" - Gloria Steinem; ""Martin's analysis is thought-provoking and fun to read."" - Sandra Harding, Graduate School of Education, UCLAMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-4239-6 (9780807742396)
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Person
Jane Roland Martin is Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.