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John I. Goodlad has been an unflagging voice for humanistic ideals
in education for more than six decades and has helped reframe the
modern discourse on the role and function of schools. For Goodlad
the goal of public education is to help children become free and
full participants in a democratic society by instilling them with a
love of learning and a sense of civic responsibility-goals that are
incompatible with our present system of schooling that teaches to
standardized tests. In Romances with Schools, John Goodlad steps
out from behind the public persona of distinguished scholar and
advocate for public schooling to offer a moving personal account of
a life devoted to educating the young. He deftly interweaves
fascinating personal details with reflections on many of the larger
issues in education that he has explored throughout his career.
John's early encounters with formal schooling began just before the
Great Depression in Canada with the humble North Star School. From
there we are taken through sixty-plus years in education, starting
with John's first teaching job as the sole instructor of a one-room
schoolhouse through his years as an education activist, dean of the
UCLA Graduate School of Education, and national voice for
educational renewal. Along the way, he treats us to vivid
characterizations of the men, women, and above all, children who
shaped him as a person and inspired his thinking on education.
Romances with Schools is both a poignant memoir and a persuasive
argument for the need to renew public education to fit the demands
of a free society. Stephen Goodlad, John's son, has written a
moving Prologue to the book that provides behind-the-scenes insight
into John's life. An Epilogue by Roger Soder, a long-time
colleague, places John's work of school renewal in the context of
political change.
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