Du Bois on Education - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 075910199X ISBN 13: 9780759101999

Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

Du Bois on Education W E B Du Bois was one of the most significant educational thinkers of the twentieth century. This volume collects Du Bois' major writings on education. It demonstrates Du Bois' commitment to racial educational equality and his contributions to educational thought. Full description

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The complicated, brilliant DuBois never bores or tires us. . . . Provenzo's assemblage is timely. In the current climate of fundamental educational reconsideration, this work both reinforces what we already understood, and causes us to reflect anew on the greatest black scholar of the last century...The essays chosen for this work deliver an intimate panorama of DuBois' views on education...of interest to both the casual and serious DuBois enthusiast.--William H. Watkins, professor, University of Illinois at Chicago "Anthropology & Education Quarterly, Dec. '03 (Vol.34, #4) "

Synopsis:

A collection of all of Du Bois's major writings on education. Together these selections demonstrate Du Bois's commitment to racial educational equality and his contributions to educational thought. Raised in poverty himself, Du Bois combined his public education with determination to become the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard. Yet he saw that education could be used to keep down as well as raise up. Arguing against Booker T. Washington and his accommodating Hampton model of education, Du Bois called for a more radical vision where a "Talented Tenth" of college-educated blacks would lead African Americans to their highest possibilities. Eugene F. Provenzo Jr gives the volume an introduction, briefly tracing Du Bois's life as a student and teacher, and his fights for educational equality throughout his life. He has also given each of the 22 selections short introductions placing the pieces in their historical and critical contexts.

About this edition

• Publisher: AltaMira Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 075910199X
• ISBN 13: 9780759101999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Provenzo Jr. Eugene F.