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Reclaiming Education: Moving Beyond the Culture of Reform
Ron Scapp
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Description for Reclaiming Education: Moving Beyond the Culture of Reform
Hardback. Series: New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
This book is an appeal to those directly and indirectly involved in education reform to reconsider the very nature of education as a process of transformation and not, as the neoliberal corporate model insists upon, as a product. By using Paulo Freire's fundamental principle of understanding education as the practice of freedom, and expanding upon it with bell hooks' own spiritual understanding of that principle, this book offers readers the opportunity to rethink what education is, and what it is not. Utilizing the work of diverse thinkers and critics, the book lays out a ... Read more
This book is an appeal to those directly and indirectly involved in education reform to reconsider the very nature of education as a process of transformation and not, as the neoliberal corporate model insists upon, as a product. By using Paulo Freire's fundamental principle of understanding education as the practice of freedom, and expanding upon it with bell hooks' own spiritual understanding of that principle, this book offers readers the opportunity to rethink what education is, and what it is not. Utilizing the work of diverse thinkers and critics, the book lays out a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
New Frontiers in Education, Culture and Politics
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137389152
SKU
V9781137389152
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99-15
About Ron Scapp
Ron Scapp is Founding Director of the Graduate Program in Urban and Multicultural Education at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, USA, where he is also Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education. He is author and editor of numerous books on education, politics and culture. He is Fellow at the National Education Policy Center and former President of the National ... Read more
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