{"product_id":"the-end-of-education-redefining-the-value-of-school-paperback","title":"The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Postman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostman 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, \u003cb\u003eThe End of Education\u003c\/b\u003e restores meaning and common sense to the arena in which they are most urgently needed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Informal and clear...Postman's ideas about education are appealingly fresh.\"--New York Times Book Review\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostman 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Informal and clear...Postman's ideas about education are appealingly fresh.\"--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil 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 (\u003cb\u003eThe Disappearance of Childhood\u003c\/b\u003e), public discourse (\u003cb\u003eAmusing Ourselves to Death\u003c\/b\u003e), education (\u003cb\u003eTeaching as a Subversive Activity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe End of Education\u003c\/b\u003e), and the impact of technology (\u003cb\u003eTechnopoly\u003c\/b\u003e). His interest in education was long-standing, beginning with his experience as an elementary and secondary school teacher. He died in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.1 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756893798688,"sku":"9780679750314","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c4631b9f2440de89e44fd506d444f4ca.webp?v=1780088543","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-end-of-education-redefining-the-value-of-school-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}