Public Purpose of Education Schooling (Jossey-Bass Education) - Softcover

I. Goodlad, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787909343 ISBN 13: 9780787909345

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Synopsis

"I have been waiting for this book for a decade. In an age in which the national debate on school reform is concerned principally with tactics and process, this volume focuses on the most important of all questions. What is the purpose of school? How do we know if a school is working? The authors are the most highly regarded names in education. This is an important book for anyone interested in schooling in America today." - Arthur Levine, president, Teachers College, Columbia University

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"An essential resource for those grappling with policy, history, and politics in education." (Educational Leadership)

"I have been waiting for this book for a decade. In an age in which the national debate on school reform is concerned principally with tactics and process, this volume focuses on the most important of all questions. What is the purpose of school? How do we know if a school is working? The authors are the most highly regarded names in education. This is an important book for anyone interested in schooling in America today." (Arthur Levine, president, Teachers College, Columbia University)

"Anyone who has felt the onset of cynicism as wave after wave of `school reform' fades unnoticed will feel a burst of new optimism after reading this book. Goodlad and his colleagues remind us forcefully how worthy the ideal of public schooling is and how crucial it is to democracy and to the improvement of society's infrastructure." (Barry Munitz, chancellor, The California State University)

"This book is a genuinely helpful guide for going back to the basics in public school governance. It establishes a credible context in which the public purpose of education and schooling should be reexamined today by community leaders in America's 15,000 public school districts. It is a solid basis on which to begin and carry forth in each local community a searching review of the philosophy of the fundamental purpose of the public schools." (Thomas A. Shannon, executive director emeritus, National School Boards Association)

"The discussion started here by a panel of distinguished educators should become widespread among all those concerned with the meaning of 'public' in public education." (Nel Noddings, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Child Education, School of Education, Stanford University)

From the Back Cover

Eloquent and passionate essays about the meaning and value of education.In this exceptional work, prominent educators/scholars explore the vital links between education and a civil society. They debate the fundamental values and ideals that govern schooling and make a impassioned plea for a renewed commitment to public education that will ensure our democratic rights and freedoms. The scholarly contributors propose an expanded mission for education that recognizes schooling as a moral and civic Andeavor and would serve as a framework for guiding the charge for meaningful school reforms.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0787909343
• ISBN 13: 9780787909345
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200