Against Schooling e-bog
436,85 DKK
(inkl. moms 546,06 DKK)
In Against Schooling, Stanley Aronowitz passionately raises an alarm about the current state of education in our country. Discipline and control over students, Aronowitz argues, are now the primary criteria of success, and genuine learning is sacrificed to a new educational militarism. In an age where school districts have imposed testing, teachers must teach to test, and both teacher and stude...
E-bog
436,85 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
3 december 2015
Længde
216 sider
Genrer
Education
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781317264118
In Against Schooling, Stanley Aronowitz passionately raises an alarm about the current state of education in our country. Discipline and control over students, Aronowitz argues, are now the primary criteria of success, and genuine learning is sacrificed to a new educational militarism. In an age where school districts have imposed testing, teachers must teach to test, and both teacher and student are robbed of their autonomy and creativity. The crisis extends to higher education, where all but a few elite institutions are becoming increasingly narrowly focused and vocational in their teaching. With education lacking opportunity for self-reflection on broad social and historical dynamics, Against Schooling asks "e;How will society be able to solve its most pressing problems?"e; Aronowitz proposes innovative approaches to get schools back on track..