
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
Neil Postman(Author)
Vintage Books (Publisher)
Published on 29. October 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-679-75031-4 (ISBN)
Description
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
"Informal and clear...Postman's ideas about education are appealingly fresh."--New York Times Book Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
229 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-679-75031-4 (9780679750314)
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E-Book
06/2011
Vintage
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Person
Neil Postman