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Education and the Crisis of Public Values - Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education - Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education Author: Henry A. Giroux Education and the Crisis of Public Values examines the shift in American society away from democratic public values, the ensuing move toward a market-driven mode of education, and the growing social disinvestment in youth in the last decade. The book examines how the ideal of public education as a democratic public sphere, has been under siege i...  more »n a number of ways, including full fledged attacks by corporate interests on public school teachers, schools of education, and teacher unions. The book also examines how a business culture cloaked in the guise of generosity and reform has supported a charter school movement that takes as its aim the dismantling of public schools in favor of a corporate-friendly privatized system. The book concludes by arguing for educators to take on the role of public intellectuals willing to engage in creating a formative culture of learning capable of nurturing the capacities to defend public and higher education as a public good crucial to sustaining a critical citizenry and a democratic society. Central to the book is the issue of what is now required for educators, parents, and concerned citizens to align education with a defense of public values, critical education to a defense of public life, and the construction of young people as individual and social agents responsible to the ideals of a democratic society.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9781433112164 ISBN-10: 1433112167 Publication Date: 7/15/2011 Pages: 129 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 2 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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