Isbn: 9780679430063 - the end of education: redefining the value of school (30 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condizione: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Condizione: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Condizione: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. 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. …

Hardback. Condizione: Good. 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. …

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. 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. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. 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. …

Hardcover. Condizione: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condizione: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condizione: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condizione: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. 209 pp., xi. Stated: "First Edition" with NAP. Following the Preface, Contents divided into 9 Chapters in 2 Parts: PART I: (1) "The Necessity of Gods'; (2) "Some Gods That Fail"; (3) "Some New Gods That Fail"; (4) "Gods That May Serve"; PART II: (5) "The Spaceship Earth"; (6) "The Fallen angel"; (7) "The American Experiment"; (8) "The Law of Diversity"; (9) "The Word Weavers/The World Makers"; epilogue, pp. 195-197; Notes, pp. 199-201; Index, pp. 202-209. // Glossy dustwrapper with top half front cover black, for lettering in white and lower half white for illustration of young girl seated at old-fashioned, wooden school desk, writing with pencil. Nugatory horizontal incipient curl across rear cover top edge (due to superficial dw bump and dw riding too high on book, ostensibly); micro-tip rub at top corners only. Book itself: Black marble boards with black backstrip and brilliant silver lettering on spine and front cover; deckle fore-edge. Light rubbing at corners and along some edges, virtually matching the marbled look and despite dw corners NOT being warn. Essentially, As New, looking UNREAD: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. // "To teach about the atom without including Democritus in the conversation, electricity without Faraday, political science without Aristotle or Machiavelli, astronomy without Ptolemy is to deny our students access to the Great Conversation. ' To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child, ' Cicero said. He then added, ' What is a human life worth unless it is incorporated into the lives of one's ancestors and set in a historical context? ' When we incorporate the lives of our ancestors in our education, we discover that some of them were great error-makers, some great error-correctors, some both. And in discovering this, we accomplish three things. First, we help students to see that knowledge is a stage in human development, with a past and a future. Second, (this would surely please Professor E.D. Hirsch, Jr.), we acquaint students with the people and ideas that comprise 'cultural literacy' --that is to say, give them some understanding of where their ideas come from and how we came by them. And, third, we show them that error is no disgrace, that it is the agency through which we increase understanding." (pp. 124f). // Arguably Gift-Giving Quality or you may need new friends.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Knopf, 1995. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with spotting to top page ends. Dust jacket is like new.

hardcover. Condizione: Good.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: Befriedigend. 1. !! Ohne Schutzumschlag!! Gutes Exemplar, geringe Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, innen alles in Ordnung; Good copy, light signs of previous use, cover/dust jacket shows some rubbing/wear, interior in good condition. C241028ah192 ISBN: 9780679430063 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 454. …