Struggles Over The Purposes Of Schooling In A Democratic State Book

Struggles Over the Purposes of Schooling in a Democratic State brings together a group of essays that demonstrate how the aims of schooling relate to the issues of who is to be schooled and the methods of instruction used in schools.

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Thirteen readings offer a variety of views defining the purposes of schools in relation to community, work, gender ethnicity and personal fulfillment. Perspectives include John Dewey's concept of democracy as applied to education, a Marxist/Freudian synthesis of the goals of schools, and an argument for the humanities as a bulwark of support for private property. The editors have chosen the readings in an attempt to provide a window to a full range of the historical and contemporary debates in U.S. society. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.