The End of Education

Redefining the Value of School

Neil Postman

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Vintage Books
01 November 1996

Education; Health & Self-Help

Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying ""narrative"" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false ""gods"" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our children with a sense of global citizenship, healthy intellectual skepticism, respect of America's traditions, and appreciation of its diversity? In answering this question, The End of Education restores meaning and common sense to the arena in which they are most urgently needed.

""Informal and clear...

Postman's ideas about education are appealingly fresh.""--New York Times Book Review

By: Neil Postman
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 210g
ISBN: 9780679750314
ISBN 10: 0679750312
Pages: 209
Publication Date: 01 November 1996
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active