Culture Wars

by Shor, Ira

• ISBN13: 9780226753607
• ISBN10: 0226753603
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

This lively and controversial work critiques the conservative efforts in the 1970s and 1980s to undo the educational reforms of the 1960s, to reestablish control over the curriculum, and to change the nature of the debate and the goals of education. "An outstanding work of educational theory and history."--John Coatsworth, University of Chicago

Author Biography

Ira Shor is professor of English at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island. He is the author of Critical Teaching and Everyday Life and Empowering Education, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

The hinge of 1969 Authority makes war on the 1960s: the theme of 'settling for less' in school and society

Settling for less, 1971-5: the war for 'careerism' Career education depresses activism and aspirations

Settling for less, 1975-82: the war on 'illiteracy' The Literacy Crisis and back-to-basics promote authority

Settling for less, 1982-4: the war for 'excellence' and against 'mediocrity' Authority and inequality disguised as excellence and high-tech

The hinge of 1983 Answers rise like angels: agendas for transformation

Notes Afterword

Index

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