@article{737871,
      recid = {737871},
      author = {Noddings, Nel.},
      title = {A richer, brighter vision for American high schools /},
      pages = {207 pages ;},
      abstract = {"In today's high schools, education is often reduced to a  means of achieving financial security, leading to an  overemphasis on quantifiable measures of performance. This  approach encourages academically talented students to focus  on test scores and rankings rather than intellectual  enrichment, and discourages students with non-academic  talents from pursuing them. A Richer, Brighter Vision for  American High Schools advocates instead a unifying  educational aim of producing better adults, which would  encompass all aspects of students' lives: intellectual,  physical, moral, spiritual, social, vocational, aesthetic,  and civic. Nel Noddings offers suggestions to improve high  schools by increasing collegiality among students and  faculty, enriching curricula with interdisciplinary themes,  renewing vocational education programs, addressing  parenting and homemaking, and professionalizing the  teaching force. This thought-provoking book will act as an  important guide for teachers, teacher educators,  administrators, and policy makers"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/737871},
}