Out of Our Minds

by Howley, Craig B.; Howley, Aimee; Pendarvis, Edwina D.

• ISBN13: 9780807734162
• ISBN10: 0807734160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Origins of Anti-Intellectualism in U.S. Schools	p. 1
The Distinction Between Intelligence and Intellect	p. 1
Competing Views of the Potential of Schooling	p. 9
The Rigor of the 1980s	p. 23
The Roots of Anti-Intellectualism	p. 29
Schooling for Continuity in the Shared Community of Learning	p. 35
The Utility of Care for the Intellect	p. 41
The Mechanisms of Anti-Intellectualism in the Schools	p. 44
The Intellectualism of Teachers	p. 45
Students, Parents, and the Anti-Intellectual School Culture	p. 56
The Anti-Intellectual University	p. 66
Anti-Intellectualism and the Life of the Mind	p. 76
How Gifted Education Devalues Intellect	p. 77
Entitlement Replaces Scholarship	p. 78
Process Replaces Content	p. 94
Feeling Replaces Thought	p. 98
Schooling, Talent Development, and Provisions for Students with Talents	p. 104
Effects of Poverty, Sexism, and Racism on Intellect	p. 108
Schooling and Class	p. 108
Schooling for the Subservience of Women and Minorities	p. 124
Prospects for Change	p. 135
The Intellectual Potential of Schooling	p. 141
Knowledge and Meaning in Contemporary American Culture	p. 141
The Imperative for Thought in Postindustrial Society	p. 148
The Role of the Liberal Arts	p. 155
Learning for Its Own Sake: Education as Faith in Human Potential	p. 164
Ethical Reasoning and the Life of the Mind	p. 173
Coda: Intellect and Talent Development in the Postmodern Condition	p. 178
Rethinking the Potential of Schooling	p. 180
Authority, Intellectual Stewardship, and Schooling	p. 181
The Role of Teachers	p. 190
Assuring Equity	p. 198
Rethinking Gifted Education	p. 208
Two Prospects for Postsecondary Education	p. 213
Conceiving Possibilities	p. 216
Notes	p. 217
References	p. 223
Index	p. 253
About the Authors	p. 265
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