Out of our minds : turning the tide of anti-intellectualism in American schools / Craig B. Howley, Aimee Howley, & Edwina D. Pendarvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howley, Craig B., author.

Howley, Aimee, author.

Pendarvis, Edwina D., author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifted children--Education--United States.

Gifted children.

Gifted children--Education.

United States.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

ix, 322 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Prufrock Press Inc., [2017]

Summary:

The authors provocatively examine issues of poverty, racism, and sexism and look at new information on the roles of higher education, media and technology, privatization, families, and the global economy as they pertain to the education of students in American schools. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

What is intellect and why is it important?: The origins of anti-intellectualism in U.S. schools

The impact of anti-intellectualism on schooling

The anti-intellectualism of teachers and the context sustaining it

Families and credentialism: Schooling as a community

The anti-intellectual university

Gifted education opposing intellect

Social justice: Ethical implications for intellect and talent development

Where might an intellectual education reside?

Imagining a decent schooling for Intellect.

Notes:

Previous edition: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781618216007

1618216007

OCLC:

960906110

Publisher Number:

99971083078