Critical social issues in American education : democracy and meaning in a globalizing world / edited by H. Svi Shapiro and David E. Purpel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shapiro, H. Svi.

Purpel, David E.

Series:

Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

United States.

Education--Social aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Social aspects.

Education--Political aspects--United States.

Education--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 504 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

Summary:

This text-reader brings together powerful readings that critically situate issues of education in the context of the major cultural, moral, political, economic, ecological, and spiritual crises that confront us as a nation and a global community. It provides a focus and a conceptual framework for thinking about education in light of these issues. Readers are exposed to the thinking of some of the best and most insightful social and educational commentators. "Critical Social Issues in American Education: Democracy and Meaning in a Globalizing World, Third Edition, is intended to work on two levels. First, it helps readers to develop an awareness of how education is connected to the wider social structures of cultural, political, and economic life. Second, it encourages not only a critical examination of our present social reality but also a serious discussion of alternatives--of what a transformed society and educational process might look like. The editors' goal is to deliberately engage readers in connecting the work of teachers to an ethically committed, politically charged pedagogy. The assumption on which they base the text is that educators must see their work as inextricably linked to the broader conflicts, stresses, and crises of the social world--it is not otherwise possible to make sense of what is happening educationally. What happens in school, or as part of the educational experience, reflects, expresses, and mediates profound questions about the direction and nature of the society we inhabit. The text is organized thematically into five sections, which address, respectively, social justice and democracy; consumerism, culture, and public education; marginality anddifference; moral and spiritual perspectives on education; and globalization and education. Each section is preceded by a brief essay that introduces the readings. This Third Edition includes many new readings and addresses issues that have more recently emerged as especially significant--such as concerns about the implications of globalization and the post 9/11 world, commercialism, violence, and the ever-increasing influence of high stakes testing. This compelling text is relevant for a wide range of courses in educational foundations, educational policy, curriculum studies, and multicultural education that address the social context of education, cultural and political change, and public policy.

Contents:

Part I Social Justice and Democracy: Unmet Promises 1

1 For Richer / Paul Krugman 7

2 Funding Accountability: States, Courts, and Public Responsibility / Sue Books 25

3 Democracy's High School? Social Change and American Secondary Education in the Post-Conant Era / John L. Rury 45

4 Creating New Inequalities: Contradictions of Reform / Linda M. McNeil 77

5 Illusions of Progress: Business as Usual / Christine E. Sleeter, Carl Grant 89

6 Higher Education as a Public Good / Stanley Aronowitz 109

Part II Schools for Sale: Consumerism, Corporate Culture, and Public Education 123

7 Profits Without People / Clinton E. Boutwell 129

8 Kids for Sale: Corporate Culture and the Challenge of Public Schooling / Henry A. Giroux 143

9 The Littleton Tragedy / Svi Shapiro 163

10 Commercial Culture and the Assault on Children's Character / Alex Molnar 169

11 Goals 2000: The Triumph of Vulgarity and the Legitimation of Social Injustice / David E. Purpel 179

Part III Marginality and Difference: The Fractured Community 191

12 Becoming Educated: A Journey of Alienation or Integration? / Jane Roland Martin 197

13 English-Only Triumphs, but the Costs Are High / Alejandro Portes 211

14 What About the Boys? / Michael Kimmel 219

15 Race and the Achievement Gap / Harold Berlak 227

16 What Matthew Shepard Would Tell Us: Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education / Doug Risner 237

17 A Parent's Dilemma: Public vs. Jewish Education / Svi Shapiro 251

Part IV Critique and Hope: Moral and Spiritual Perspectives on Education 261

18 From Local Control to Government and Corporate Takeover of School Curriculum: The No Child Left Behind Act and the Reading First Program / Harold Berlak 267

19 Public School Reform: The Mismeasure of Education / Svi Shapiro 287

20 Care and Moral Education / Nel Noddings 297

21 Education and Spirituality / Dwayne Huebner 309

22 The Spiritual Transformation of Education / Michael Lerner 325

23 Social Justice, Curriculum, and Spirituality / David E. Purpel 349

Part V Globalization and Education: The 21st-Century Challenge 367

24 Threats and Temps / Naomi Klein 373

25 Education and the Dilemmas of Modernism: Towards an Ecozoic Vision / Edmund O'Sullivan 399

26 Identity in the Globalizing World / Zygmunt Bauman 443

27 The Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalization / David Held 455

28 Lessons of September 11: What Should Schools Teach? / Svi Shapiro 465.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

080584452X

OCLC:

54775117