Struggles Over the Purposes of Schooling in a Democratic State Selected Readings in the History of American Education

by Lyons, Richard G.; Rodriguez, Juan C.; Catallozzi, John; Benson, Norman; Anyon, Jean; Bowles, Samuel; Carnoy, Martin; Conway, Jill K.; Counts, George S.; Dewey, John; Gintis, Herbert; Hamilton, Stephan; Harris, William T.; Hurrelmann, Klaus; Levin, Henry;

• ISBN13: 9780761811756
• ISBN10: 0761811753
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-20
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Struggles Over the Purposes of Schooling in a Democratic State brings together a group of essays that demonstrate how the aims of schooling relate to the issues of who is to be schooled and the methods of instruction used in schools. Beginning with a discussion of the historical perspectives on the goals of schooling, the essays focus on both the traditional and modern ideas and challenges that the education system in America has been built around and still deals with today. They then move into the goals of schooling and its relationship to work, questioning the nature of the approaches to education from a direction that emphasizes its application in the working world through the discussion of philosophies from Marx through those of today.

Table of Contents

Preface The Humanities in Teacher Education	ix
Part I Historical Perspectives on the Goals of Schooling in America
Introduction to William T. Harris	3	(20)
Do the Public Schools Educate Children Beyond the Position They Must Occupy in Life?
William T. Harris
Introduction to John Dewey	23	(24)
The Democratic Conception in Education
John Dewey
Introduction to Jill K. Conway	47	(18)
Politics, Pedagogy, Gender
Jill K. Conway
Introduction to Samuel Bowles & Herbert Gintis	65	(32)
Education and Personal Development: The Long Shadow of Work
Samuel Bowles
Herbert Gintis
Introduction to Juan C. Rodriguez	97	(10)
The Challenge to Bilingual Teaching
Juan C. Rodriguez
Introduction to George S. Counts	107	(16)
Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order?
George S. Counts
Part II Contemporary Essays on the Goals of Schooling and its Relationship to Work
Introduction to Richard G. Lyons	123	(20)
Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Frederick Herzberg and the Nature of Schooling and Working
Richard G. Lyons
Introduction to Jane Roland Martin	143	(20)
Becoming Educated: A Journey of Alienation or Integration
Jane Roland Martin
Introduction to Stephan Hamilton & Klaus Hurrelmann	163	(22)
The School-to-Career Transition in Germany and the United States
Stephen Hamilton
Klaus Hurrelmann
Introduction to Seymour Sarason	185	(20)
For Whom Do Schools Exist?	185	(20)
Seymour Sarason
Introduction to Martin Carnoy & Henry Levin	205	(24)
The Potential and Limits of School Struggles
Martin Carnoy
Henry Levin
Introduction to Jean Anyon	229	(34)
Race, Social Class, and Educational Reform in an Inner-City School
Jean Anyon
Introduction to Patricia Malone & Norman Benson	263
Contemporary Theories and Research on Schooling and Work
Patricia Malone
Norman Benson