1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457605203321

Autore

Noddings Nel

Titolo

Critical lessons : what our schools should teach / / Nel Noddings [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-107-16534-2

0-521-71000-6

1-280-45875-5

0-511-80462-8

0-511-19151-0

0-511-19069-7

0-511-31629-1

0-511-19101-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

373.1102

Soggetti

Critical thinking - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Learning and self-understanding -- The psychology of war -- House and home -- Other people -- Parenting -- Animals and nature -- Advertising and propaganda -- Making a living -- Gender -- Religion -- Preparing our schools.

Sommario/riassunto

Critical Lessons concentrates on the critical, reflective thinking that should be taught in high schools. Taking seriously the Socratic advice, 'know thyself', it focuses on topics that will help students to understand the forces - good and bad - that work to socialize them. This book argues why critical thinking is necessary in schools because it requires the discussion of critical issues: how we learn, the psychology of war, what it means to make a home, advertising and propaganda, choosing an occupation, gender, and religion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451849303321

Autore

Berkman Michael B. <1960->

Titolo

Ten thousand democracies [[electronic resource] ] : politics and public opinion in America's school districts / / Michael B. Berkman, Eric Plutzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-58901-420-0

1-4356-3191-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

American governance and public policy series

Altri autori (Persone)

PlutzerEric

Disciplina

379.73

Soggetti

School districts - United States

Education - Political aspects - United States

Education - United States - Public opinion

Public opinion - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Policy responsiveness in American school districts -- Financing public education -- Public opinion and Americans' commitment to educational spending -- Direct democracy, indirect democracy, and policy responsiveness -- Voting rights, electoral systems, and policy responsiveness -- Teacher's unions in state and local politics -- The gray peril reconsidered -- The democratic control of American school boards.

Sommario/riassunto

The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States, citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent their own values and interests. But are those interests and values always being followed? Authors Michael B. Berkman and Eric Plutzer provide the first systematic examination of the extent to which the governments closest to the American publicùits 10,000-plus local school boardsùrespond to the wishes of the majority. Ten Thousand Democracies begins with a look at educational reforms from the Progressive era in the l