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ABC : The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind
Ivan Illich, Barry Sanders / Paperback / Published
1989
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Synopsis:
An intense examination of the effects of technology on literacy and language. The
authors argue that there is a phenomenon transforming modern culture--language is becoming
part of a technology of "information systems" with an emphasis on control,
rather than human exchange. As a result, all language is becoming debased.
Beyond Comfort Zones in Multiculturalism : Confronting the Politics of
Privilege
Sandra Jackson, Jose Solis
(Editors) / Hardcover / Published 1995
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Urges educators to continue pushing against cultural barriers even when they have
been adjusted to be less constrictive, or at least visible. The 14 essays cover
self-determination and the multicultural; white skin privilege; gendered subjectivities;
and who is teaching what and how in the curriculum, canon, and syllabi. They are oriented
more toward principles and attitudes than practical measures in administration or the
classroom.
Building a Global Civic Culture : Education for an Interdependent World
(Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Elise Boulding / Paperback / Published 1990, 197 pages
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Changing Work, Changing Workers : Critical Perspectives on Language,
Literacy, and Skills
Glynda Hull (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1997
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Published 1997
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A collection of studies examining US factories and workplace education programs to
see what is currently expected of workers. The studies draw evidence from firsthand,
sustained looks at workplaces and workplace education efforts. Many of the chapters
represent long-term ethnographic or qualitative research; others are fine-grained
examinations of texts, curricula, or policy. Hull, (education, U. of Calif., Berkeley)
emphasizes the need to understand how people experience instructional programs, and the
role that literacy and other valued practices can and cannot play in promoting economic
productivity or in facilitating personal empowerment.
Child Soldiers : A Study on Behalf of the Henry Dunant
Institute, Geneva
Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Ilene Cohn / Paperback / Published 1994,
228 pages
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In this path-breaking study, Professor Goodwin-Gill and Dr Cohn assess the status of
the Child Soldier in international law and highlight the ways in which international
humanitarian law fails to provide effective protection, particularly in the internal
conflicts which are the most common battlefields today. Based upon empirical data gathered
from places of conflict all over the world, the authors examine the consequences for child
soldiers, their families and communities, of their participation in armed conflict. They
conclude their study with practical suggestions for preventing recruitment, and call for a
more coherent policy of treatment for those children who have participated in acts of
violence.
Children, Rights, and the Law
Philip Alston, et al / Paperback / Published 1992,
268 pages
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Children and the Politics of Culture
Sharon Stephens (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996
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Contents:
"Children's Rights in a Free-Market Culture" by Mary John; "Children's
Stories and the State in New Order Indonesia" by Saya S. Shiraishi; "Children,
Population Policy, and the State in Singapore" by Vivienne Wee; "Youth and the
Politics of Culture in South Africa" by Pamela Reynolds; "'There's a Time to Act
English and a Time to Act Indian:' The Politics of Identity among British-Sikh
Teenagers" by Kathleen Hall; "Second-Generation Noncitizens: Children of the
Turkish Migrant Diaspora in Germany" by Ruth Mandel; "Children, Politics, and
Culture: The Case of Brazilian Indians" by Manuela Carneiro da Cunha; and more...
Children's Social Competence in Context : The Contributions of Family,
School and Culture (International Series in Experimental Social Psychology)
Barry H. Schneider / Hardcover / Published 1992, 202 pages
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Cognition in Practice : Mind, Mathematics and Culture in Everyday Life
Jean Lave / Paperback / Published 1988
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Cognition, Culture & Language in Bilingual Children : Conceptual and
Semantic Development (Distinguished Education Series)
Virginia Gonzalez / Paperback / Published 1996
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Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy (Cambridge Studies in
Oral and Literate Culture, No 23)
Brian Street (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1993
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The Culture and Politics of Literacy
W. Ross Winterowd / Paperback / Published 1991
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Hardcover /
Published 1989
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Culture in Mind : Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning
Bradd Shore / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Culture Learning : The Fifth Dimension in the Language Classroom
Louise Damen / Paperback / Published 1987, 406
pages
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Cultural Models in Language and Thought
Dorothy Holland / Paperback / Published 1987, 400
pages
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Culture and Teaching (Reflective Teaching and the Social
Conditions of Schooling)
Daniel P. Liston, Kenneth M. Zeichner / Paperback / Published
1996
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Culture and the Child : A Guide for Professionals in Child Care and
Development (Wiley Series in Culture and Professional Practice)
Daphne M. Keats / Paperback / Published 1997
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The publisher, John Wiley & Sons:
This book helps its readers to better understand the needs of children with differing
cultural backgrounds and offers some effective ways of dealing with the varied reactions
of children to situations caused by cultural differences. The author's basic aim is to
show how we can make use of cultural difference to enrich children's lives rather than
treating it as a problem. By helping them and the workers who care for them to understand
other cultures better, we can help to reduce intolerance and counter persecution before it
develops into adult behaviors.
Culture Bound
Joyce Merrill Valdes / Paperback / Published 1986,
222 pages
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Culture in School Learning : Revealing the Deep Meaning
Etta R. Hollins / Paperback / Published 1996
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Culture in School Learning: Revealing the Deep Meaning introduces pre- and in-service
teachers to the centrality of culture in school learning. Readers are engaged in a process
of constructing an operational definition of culture that reveals its deep meaning in
cognition and learning, and in applying a "reflective-interpretive-inquiry"
approach to making linkages between students' cultural and experiential backgrounds and
classroom instruction.
The Culture of Education
Jerome Bruner / Paperback / Published 1996
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Paperback / Published 1997
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Synopsis:
In a masterly commentary on the possibilities of education, the eminent psychologist
Jerome Bruner reveals how education can usher children into their culture, though it often
fails to do so. Applying the newly emerging "cultrual psychology" to education,
Bruner proposes that the mind reaches it full potential only through participation in the
culture--not just its formal arts and sciences, but its ways of perceiving, thinking,
feeling, and carrying out discourse.
Cultural Studies in the English Classroom
James A. Berlin, Michael J. Vivion (Editor) /
Paperback / Published 1993
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Shows ways of teaching and devising program which place the students' cultural
experiences at the center of language production and consumption. Specific classroom
approaches to teaching literature and composition are provided throughout, including ideas
for discussion, writing assignments, even classroom organization. For anyone interested in
understanding the nature of cultural studies and the impact it's having on English
teaching, Cultural Studies in the English Classroom is a groundbreaking text. There are no
other books in the field which provide models of actual practices and functioning programs
within cultural studies.
Culture Clash and Accommodation : Public Schooling in Salt Lake City,
1890-1994
Frederick S. Buchanan / Hardcover / Published 1996
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Culture in Action : A Public Art Program of Sculpture Chicago
Mary Jane Jacob (Editor), et al / Paperback /
Published 1995
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Describes and illustrates the innovative process of public dialogue and involvement
that underlay eight works of public art in Chicago, in a project organized by Mary Jane
Jacob. Among the works are a multi-neighborhood parade, a community storefront hydroponic
garden for HIV/AIDS patients, a new line of candy produced with members of a candy-making
union, and a video installation by teenagers from the tough West Town neighborhood. No
index or bibliography.
The Culture of Adolescent Risk-Taking (Culture and Human
Development)
Cynthia Lightfoot / Paperback / Published 1997
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Published 1997
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Culture Shock! : A Globe-Trotter's Guide (Culture Shock
Practical Guides)
Frederick Fisher / Paperback / Published 1995
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Culture Shock! : A Student's Guide (Culture Shock Practical
Guides)
Pang Guek Cheng, et al / Paperback / Published 1995
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Culture Shock! : A Traveller's Medical Guide (Culture Shock Practical Guides)
Paul Zakowich, et al / Paperback
/ Published 1996
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Culture Shock! Working Holidays Abroad
Mark Hempshell / Paperback / Published 1996
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Developing a Learning Culture : Empowering People to Deliver Quality,
Innovation, and Long-Term Success (McGraw-Hill Training Series)
Sue Jones / Paperback / Published 1997
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Developing Competency to Manage Diversity : Readings, Cases &
Activities
Taylor, Jr Cox, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
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Synopsis:
It isn't enough to merely to foster cultural diversity in the workplace, dynamic
leadership is required as well. This follow-up to Cultural Diversity in Organizations
identifies the issues around diversity and provides tools to enhance overall performance.
Developing Roots & Wings : A Trainer's Guide to Affirming Culture in
Early Childhood Programs
Stacey York / Paperback / Published 1992
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Developing Through Relationships : Origins of Communication, Self, and
Culture
Alan Fogel / Paperback / Published 1993
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The Dictionary of Global Culture
Kwame Anthony Appiah (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1997
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Midwest Book Review:
This essential world history and cultural reference belongs on the shelves of any
serious library seeking a volume outlining the achievements and importance of the
non-Western world. Cultural subjects from around the world are presented in over 1,200
entries on everything from philosophy and the arts to literature and history. A team of
regional experts from around the world contribute to this powerful dictionary, which is
essential to beginning a course in global understanding.
The Educated Mind : How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding
Kieran Egan / Hardcover / Published 1997
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The publisher, The University of Chicago Press:
www.press.uchicago.edu, 03/12/97:
The ills of education are caused, Kieran Egan argues, by the fact that we have inherited
three major educational ideas, each of which is mutually incompatible with the other two.
You may read the introduction at: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/190366.html
"A compelling vision for today's educational system." said the Library Journal.
Educating for Human Dignity : Learning About Rights and
Responsibilities (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
Betty A. Reardon / Paperback /
Published 1995, 238 pages
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Reardon, human rights educator, presents a theory and pedagogical approach to human
rights education, followed by curriculum samples presented by grade level. The final
section offers resources to help teachers educate themselves and prepare their own
materials.
The Ethnography of Communication : An Introduction (Language
in Society, 3)
Muriel Saville-Troike / Paperback / Published 1989
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Freedom and Culture (Great Books in Philosophy)
John Dewey / Paperback / Published 1989
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Fugitive Cultures : Race, Violence, and Youth
Henry A. Giroux / Paperback / Published 1996, 247
pages
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Gangbangs and Drive-Bys : Grounded Culture and Juvenile Gang Violence
(Social Problems and Social Issues)
William B. Sanders / Paperback / Published 1994
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'Good Writing' in Cross-Cultural Context (Suny Series,
Literacy, Culture, and Learning : Theory and Practice)
Xiao Ming Li / Paperback / Published 1995
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Happily Ever After : Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry
Jack David Zipes / Paperback / Published 1997
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Synopsis:
Zipes addresses his ongoing concern with the socialization of children, the impact of
the fairy tale on children and adults, and the future development of the fairy tale as
film. Moving from the 16th century to the present, between different cultures and
societies, and from specific analyses and general syntheses, Zipes shows how the genre has
come full circle.
The Happy Mutant Handbook/Mischievous Fun for Higher Primates
Mark Frauenfelder (Editor), et al / Paperback /
Published 1995
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Pop Culture Expert Editor's Recommended Book, 06/01/97:
Who would want to be a sad mutant? Well, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, and Richard
Nixon, among others. If you'd rather not end up like them, check out the happy weirdness
collected in this volume. Profiles of offbeat artists and eccentrics who manage to live
outside the mainstream while maintaining an up-beat attitude are mixed with sources for
contemporary weirdness, like the Church of the Sub Genius, a host of bizarre of Web sites,
and a place to buy pro-extraterrestrial bumper stickers. Most importantly, there's
information on how to put out your own zine, make your own radio station, and generally
express yourself through hard work, plagiarism, and semi-legal creativity.
Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Century (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
George J. Andreopoulos, Richard Pierre Claude (Editor) / Paperback /
Published 1997
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A collection of 33 solicited essays addressing the conceptual and practical problems
of implementing human rights education (HRE) per UN charter goals. The authors view HRE as
a strategy for development and present information about human learning processes as well
as issues of pedagogy and advocacy based in HRE as part of the international human rights
movement. Specific papers deal with the leaps from theory to practice, teacher training,
community based education, and funding resources which can be of use to activists.
Human Rights : Questions and Answers
Paperback / Published 1984
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In Front of the Children : Screen Entertainment and Young Audiences
Carl Bazalgette (Editor), et al / Paperback /
Published 1995
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Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture : Socio-Economic and Familial
Origins of the Rise of Violence Against the Person
Oliver James / Paperback / Published 1995
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Kid Culture : Children & Adults & Popular Culture
Kathleen McDonnell / Paperback / Published 1994
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Kids
Larry Clark, Harmony Korine / Paperback /
Published 1995
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Kinderculture : The Corporate Construction of Childhood (The
Edge, Critical Studies in Educational Theory)
Shirley R. Steinberg, Joe L. Kincheloe (Editor) / Paperback /
Published 1997, 288 pages
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Hardcover /
Published 1997
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A collection of 14 essays clarifies for parents, educators, media and culture
scholars, and general readers some of the icons that marketing and advertising executives
use to shape the values and consciousness of children. They argue that while the
corporations are ostensibly only engaged in the perfectly legitimate business of emptying
parents' pockets through the judgement of their kids, they are also reshaping the
experience of childhood itself into a prefabricated product for consumption. Among the
targets are Disney movies, Sesame Street, Barney, Beavis and Butt- Head, sports, trading
cards and McDonald's.
Knowledge and Social Imagery
David Bloor / Paperback / Published 199, 203
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Published 1991
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Knowledge As Culture : The New Sociology of Knowledge
E. Doyle McCarthy / Hardcover / Published 1996
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McCarthy (sociology, Fordham U.) argues that knowledge exists within a cultural
context creating meanings and categories through the influences of language and media. Her
introduction to the sociology of knowledge sweeps across classic texts by reconsidering
the terms of Marx and Mead, the influence of the structuralists and poststructuralists in
the study of "culture theory," and transformative studies in comparative history
and social psychology. Much of this recent cultural work has resulted in new paradigms as
evidenced by the author's discussion of "engendered knowledge," manifested in
the intersection of feminism and science.
Knowledge, Culture and Power : International Perspectives on Literacy As
Policy and Practice
Peter Freebody, Anthony R. Welch (Editor) / Paperback /
Published 1993
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Language and Gender : Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Sara Mills (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1995
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Language and Masculinity
Sally Johnson, Ulrike Hanna Meinhof (Editor) /
Paperback / Published 1996
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A feminist mapping of male language patterns reworking the traditional paradigms of
power and domination to question how masculinity is formed by language. The 12
sociolinguistic studies theorize the next step in feminist inquiry explicitly questioning
male behaviors and the dialectics between femininity and masculinity, as well as
presenting data analyzing male language in ritualist settings, confessional texts,
political advertising, reader-editor correspondence, and, not surprisingly, in the
conventions of football conversations.
Language and Thought (Anshen Transdisciplinary Lectureships in
Art, Science and the Philosophy of Culture, Monograph 3)
Noam Chomsky / Hardcover / Published 1994
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Synopsis:
A fascinating analysis of human language and its influence on other disciplines by
one of the nation's most respected linguists. Chomsky is also the author of What Uncle Sam
Really Wants and The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (15,000 copies sold).
Language, Culture, and Power : Bilingual Families and the Struggle for
Quality Education (Suny Series, the Social Context of Education)
Lourdes Diaz Soto / Paperback / Published 1996, 170 pages
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A disturbing examination of the racism underlying the opposition to bilingual
education and its effect on a community in Pennsylvania. Diaz (bilingual/multicultural
education, Pennsylvania State U.) shares her experiences in "Steel Town" after
she is invited to a board meeting to explain the premises of bilingual education. Her
transcripts, interviews with community members, and supporting research demonstrate that
educating children can be the least priority in a setting where the unspoken but obvious
agenda is creating ethnic superiority. Includes appendices of bilingual education research
statistics.
Language, the Social Mirror
Elaine Chaika / Paperback / Published 1994
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Learning History in America : Schools, Cultures, and Politics
Lloyd Kramer, et al / Paperback / Published 1994
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Hardcover /
Published 1994
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Literacy Across Languages and Cultures (Suny Series, Literacy,
Culture, and Learning)
Bernardo M. Ferdman, et al / Paperback / Published 1994, 346
pages
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A Literature-Based Resource Guide, Teaching About
Diversity, Prejudice, Human Rights and the Holocaust (The
Spirit That Moves Us , Vol 1)
Laura R. Petovello / Paperback /
Published 1997, 316 pages
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Maps of Englishness : Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism
Simon Gikandi / Paperback / Published 1997, 304
pages
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Hardcover /
Published 1996
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Offers an in-depth critique of English world view, identity, and imperialist culture,
as well as the impact England has had on the people it sought to colonize and dominate.
Topics include: colonial culture and identity, Black subjects and English identities,
ideology and racial economy of English imperial travel, gender and colonialism, the
colonial aesthetic, uses of primitivism, and post colonialism.
Maximum Security : The Culture of Violence in Inner-City Schools
John Devine / Paperback / Published 1996
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Hardcover /
Published 1996
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Meaning over Memory : Recasting the Teaching of Culture and History
Peter N. Stearns / Paperback / Published 1994
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Hardcover /
Published 1993
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In the midst of the heated battles swirling around American humanities education,
Peter Stearns offers a reconsideration not only of what we teach but also of why and how
we teach it. While conservatives defend a museum-like humanities curriculum, their
opponents argue for opening the canon to the works and lives of women and minorities. This
approach, Stearns cautions, risks substituting one memorized content for another. Stearns
suggests an alternative strategy; one that overlaps with some of the radicals' goals but
moves on to a more ambitious reassessment of what the humanities should convey to
students. It is important, Stearns concludes, to use the current spirit of rancor
constructively to build a solid educational structure, one that rests on humanities
scholarship but aims to help students better understand the nature of human culture and
social behavior.
Modes of Thought : Explorations in Culture and Cognition
David R. Olson, Nancy Torrance (Editor) /
Paperback / Published 1996, 305 pages
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Multicultural Literature and Literacies : Making Space for Differences
(Suny Series, Literacy, Culture, and Learning : Theory and Practice)
Suzanne M. Miller, Barbara McCaskill (Editor) / Paperback /
Published 1993, 300 pages
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