Education and the Crisis of Public Values - Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education - Second edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Counterpoints, 400
Release date:	April 2015
First published:	2011
Authors:	Henry A Giroux
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	193
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-3067-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of those with special educational needs > Teaching of physically disabled persons
LSN:	1-4331-3067-X
Barcode:	9781433130670

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