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Title
Reclaiming education : moving beyond the culture of reform / Ron Scapp.
ISBN
9781137388438 (electronic book)
1137388439 (electronic book)
9781137389152
113738915X
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
LA217.2
Dewey Decimal Classification
370.973
Summary
This book is an appeal to those directly and indirectly involved in education reform to reconsider the very nature of education as a process of transformation and not, as the neoliberal corporate model insists upon, as a “product.” By using Paulo Freire?s fundamental principle of understanding “education as the practice of freedom,” and expanding upon it with bell hooks? own spiritual understanding of that principle, this book offers readers the opportunity to rethink what education is, and what it is not. Utilizing the work of diverse thinkers and critics, the book lays out a criticism of neoliberalism?s profound influence on education reform and our culture generally. It reaffirms the political and ethical import of education for individuals and for our nation as a whole.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed September 6, 2016).
Series
New frontiers in education, culture, and politics.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9781137389152
Chapter 1: The Culture of Reform
Chapter 2: Getting Down to Business
Chapter 3: The Product: Education
Chapter 4: More than Competition, More than Information
Chapter 5: Becoming Knowledgeable and the Search for Wisdom
Chapter 6: Politics and Education
Chapter 7: Education as the Practice of Freedom
Appendix: They Skool: The Anti-Urban Bias in Urban Education.