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The Myth of Education in America contends that formal education
should be "how you learn" not only "what you learn". It emphasizes
that utilization of critical thinking and analysis is a life-long
journey, and everyone should be involved in the process. The
ability to sort out differing opinions, determine accuracy of data,
and evaluate options are important for all citizens. The core of
the book is the Hammes Classroom Experience, a detailed explanation
of what Dr. Hammes did to implement critical thinking in the
classroom with specific techniques to utilize while using textbooks
and other course content. The expanded value of the book goes
beyond teachers at all levels, to students, administrators, boards
of education, parents, and employers.
The Myth of Education in America contends that formal education
should be "how you learn" not only "what you learn". It emphasizes
that utilization of critical thinking and analysis is a life-long
journey, and everyone should be involved in the process. The
ability to sort out differing opinions, determine accuracy of data,
and evaluate options are important for all citizens. The core of
the book is the Hammes Classroom Experience, a detailed explanation
of what Dr. Hammes did to implement critical thinking in the
classroom with specific techniques to utilize while using textbooks
and other course content. The expanded value of the book goes
beyond teachers at all levels, to students, administrators, boards
of education, parents, and employers.
The word ""prohibition"" tends to conjure up images of smoky
basement speakeasies, dancing flappers, and hardened gangsters
bootlegging whiskey. Such stereotypes, a prominent historian
recently noted in the Washington Post, confirm that Americans'
""common understanding of the prohibition era is based more on
folklore than fact."" Popular culture has given us a very strong,
and very wrong, picture of what the period was like. Prohibition's
Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth about America's Anti-A Alcohol
Crusade aims to correct common misperceptions with ten essays by
scholars who have spent their careers studying different aspects of
the era. Each contributor unravels one myth, revealing the
historical evidence that supports, complicates, or refutes our
longA -held beliefs about the Eighteenth Amendment. H. Paul
Thompson Jr., Joe L. Coker, Lisa M. F. Andersen, and Ann Marie E.
Szymanski examine the political and religious factors in early
twentiethA -century America that led to the push for prohibition,
including the temperance movement, the influences of religious
conservatism and liberalism, the legislation of individual
behavior, and the lingering effects of World War I. From there,
several contributors analyze how the laws of prohibition were
enforced. Michael Lewis discredits the idea that alcohol
consumption increased during the era, while Richard F. Hamm
clarifies the connections between prohibition and organized crime,
and Thomas R. Pegram demonstrates that issues other than the
failure of prohibition contributed to the amendment's repeal.
Finally, contributors turn to prohibition's legacy. Mark Lawrence
Schrad, Garrett Peck, and Bob L. Beach discuss the reach of
prohibition beyond the United States, the influence of antiA
-alcohol legislation on Americans' longA term drinking habits, and
efforts to link prohibition with today's debates over the
legalization of marijuana. Together, these essays debunk many of
the myths surrounding ""the Noble Experiment,"" not only providing
a more inA -depth analysis of prohibition but also allowing readers
to engage more meaningfully in contemporary debates about alcohol
and drug policy.
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