Out of our minds Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	The Origins of Anti-Intellectualism in U.S. Schools	1
	The Distinction Between Intelligence and Intellect	1
	Competing Views of the Potential of Schooling	9
	The Rigor of the 1980s	23
	The Roots of Anti-Intellectualism	29
	Schooling for Continuity in the Shared Community of Learning	35
	The Utility of Care for the Intellect	41
Ch. 2	The Mechanisms of Anti-Intellectualism in the Schools	44
	The Intellectualism of Teachers	45
	Students, Parents, and the Anti-Intellectual School Culture	56
	The Anti-Intellectual University	66
	Anti-Intellectualism and the Life of the Mind	76
Ch. 3	How Gifted Education Devalues Intellect	77
	Entitlement Replaces Scholarship	78
	Process Replaces Content	94
	Feeling Replaces Thought	98
	Schooling, Talent Development, and Provisions for Students with Talents	104
Ch. 4	Effects of Poverty, Sexism, and Racism on Intellect	108
	Schooling and Class	108
	Schooling for the Subservience of Women and Minorities	124
	Prospects for Change	135
Ch. 5	The Intellectual Potential of Schooling	141
	Knowledge and Meaning in Contemporary American Culture	141
	The Imperative for Thought in Postindustrial Society	148
	The Role of the Liberal Arts	155
	Learning for Its Own Sake: Education as Faith in Human Potential	164
	Ethical Reasoning and the Life of the Mind	173
	Coda: Intellect and Talent Development in the Postmodern Condition	178
Ch. 6	Rethinking the Potential of Schooling	180
	Authority, Intellectual Stewardship, and Schooling	181
	The Role of Teachers	190
	Assuring Equity	198
	Rethinking Gifted Education	208
	Two Prospects for Postsecondary Education	213
	Conceiving Possibilities	216
	Notes	217
	References	223
	Index	253
	About the Authors	265