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Crisis and Hope in American Education

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Published: 30th November 2007
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This book evaluates the educational system of the United States from schools for the young up to universities and various forms of adult education. It is not confi ned to the evaluation of intellectual achievement. Rather it tries to arrive at some judgment as to whether schools help people acquire the degree of maturity necessary for participation in the work of a nation called upon to assume world responsibilities.

"This work examines the broad problem of American education as a whole. Professor Ulich's personal experience with education in pre-Nazi Germany and, since 1934, in the United States, puts him in a position to see parallels not so readily apparent to others.... While the author finds much to praise in American education, and he generously gives credit where credit is due, he also shows a talent for detecting the subtle weaknesses in the educational picture."

--Aaron J. Ihde, Isis

Preface
The Disappointmentp. 3
The Dilemmas of Modern Secondary Educationp. 10
The "Great Investment"?p. 10
Education and the Quest for Happinessp. 21
Education and the American Melting Potp. 24
Education and Man's Naturep. 26
Education and Qualityp. 29
The School of the Futurep. 47
Theoretical Considerationsp. 47
The Common Ground: the Emotions as the Basis for Character Educationp. 47
The Sphere of Differentiation: the Intellectp. 56
The Ideal Structurep. 69
Emotional Educationp. 70
Intellectual Educationp. 75
The School in the Larger Communityp. 86
Philosophy of Secondary Educationp. 90
Values and Attitudesp. 93
The Values of Conformity and Non-Conformity and the Consciousness of the Transcendentp. 94
The Value of Persistence and the Seeing of Relationshipsp. 99
The Kinship between Theory and Practicep. 107
Self-Assurancep. 107
Liberal Educationp. 108
Three Final Questionsp. 110
The Age Levelp. 111
Criteria for Selectionp. 113
The Postulate of Social Justicep. 115
Summaryp. 117
On the Education of Teachersp. 120
The Teacher as a Lover of Youthp. 123
The Teacher as a Lover of Peoplep. 125
The Teacher as a Guide toward Better Livingp. 127
Teaching and the Value of Inspirationp. 128
The Art of Conveyingp. 130
The Teacher as a Specialistp. 132
Higher Educationp. 137
The Structurep. 137
The Gentleman and the Scholarp. 141
The Present Scenep. 154
The Search for Synthesisp. 159
What Should the Professor Profess?p. 167
Some Words about the Specialistp. 171
The Doctorate Frenzy and the Devaluation of Titlesp. 174
What to Do?p. 184
Adult Educationp. 192
Mutual Education in Daily Lifep. 192
Our Present Adult Educationp. 195
Adult Education and the Ideal High Schoolp. 196
Adult Education and the Great Issues of Lifep. 198
Summaryp. 222
Indexp. 230
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ISBN: 9780202309842
ISBN-10: 0202309843
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 30th November 2007
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2  x 1.4
Weight (kg): 0.381