基本信息

· 书名:Crisis and Hope in American Education

· 作者:Ulich

· ISBN13:9780202309842

· 装帧:平装

· 语种:英文

· 出版日期:2008-01-15

· 出版社:Routledge

· 页数:235

· 重量:0.4 kg

· 尺寸:15.5 x 22.8 x 1.5 cm

* 页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准.

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This book evaluates the educational system of the United States from schools for the young up to universities and various forms of adult education It is not confined to the evaluation of intellectual achievement Rather it tries to arrive at some judgment as to whether schools help people acquire the degree of maturity necessary for participation in the work of a nation called upon to assume world responsibilities Education rightly conceived is the process by which a growing person according to his individual capacity is prepared to understand himself his place in society his relation to the universe and to act upon this understanding A nation to whatever extent it can afford to do so should help future generations to strive for such achievements But although this obligation is generally accepted by the American citizen its practical requirements are still not fully understood A classic soon after its original publication this book is timelier today than ever The author convincingly articulates the view that all our efforts at raising the intellectual and moral standards in our high schools are doomed to failure unless we boldly pair the right subject with the right talent He demonstrates how we can achieve this without rejecting the precious heritage that is our tradition of free secondary schooling for all who can profit by it his goal is nothing less than the creative combination of quality and justice in education Ulich s prescriptions for education are bold and prac1 4tical The boldness is best characterized by his contro1 4versial suggestion that the emotional sphere serves as the means of unifying the highly diverse American society We see the influence of modern theory and its disenchantment with the merely intellectual theory as a basis for understanding communication and meaning The institution that Ulich proposes is an ideal one but it is described in considerable detail Its buildings facilities curricul