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The End of Education - by Neil Postman (Paperback)

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  • 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.
  • About the Author: Neil Postman was University Professor, Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University.
  • 224 Pages
  • Education, History

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About the Book



From the acclaimed author of The Disappearance of Childhood and Technopoly comes an original and provocative analysis of America's current crisis in education--a scathing critique of schools which merely teach students to earn more, buy more, worship technology, and cling to their ethnic differences.



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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



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



About the Author



Neil Postman was University Professor, Paulette Goddard Chair of Media Ecology, and Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. Among his twenty books are studies of childhood (The Disappearance of Childhood), public discourse (Amusing Ourselves to Death), education (Teaching as a Subversive Activity and The End of Education), and the impact of technology (Technopoly). His interest in education was long-standing, beginning with his experience as an elementary and secondary school teacher. He died in 2003.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.22 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .49 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: History
Genre: Education
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Author: Neil Postman
Language: English
Street Date: October 29, 1996
TCIN: 93117528
UPC: 9780679750314
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-3774
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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