- The Culture of Education
- Jerome Bruner
- In a masterly commentary on the possibilities of education, eminent psychologist Jerome Bruner reveals how education can usher children into their culture, though it often fails to do so. Going well beyond his earlier acclaimed books on education, Bruner looks past the issue of achieving individual competence to the question of how education equips individuals to participate in the culture on which life and livelihood depend.
- Hardcover 1996 / Paperback 1997
- The Education Gospel
- W. Norton Grubb
- Marvin Lazerson
- In this hard-hitting history of "the gospel of education," W. Norton Grubb and Marvin Lazerson reveal the allure, and the fallacy, of the longstanding American faith that more schooling for more people is the remedy for all our social and economic problems--and that the central purpose of education is workplace preparation.
- Hardcover 2004 / Paperback 2007
- Education for Thinking
- Deanna Kuhn
- Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy, Kuhn argues that inquiry and argument should be at the center of a "thinking curriculum"--a curriculum that makes sense to students as well as to teachers and develops the skills and values needed for lifelong learning.
- Hardcover 2005 / Paperback 2008
- Inside Teaching
- Mary Kennedy
- Arguing that too many would-be reformers know nothing about the conflicting demands of teaching, Kennedy takes us into the controlled commotion of the classroom, revealing how painstakingly teachers plan their lessons, and how many different ways things go awry. She argues that pedagogical reform proposals that do not acknowledge all of the things teachers need to do are bound to fail. If reformers want students to learn, they must address all of the problems teachers face, not just those that interest them.
- Hardcover 2005 / Paperback 2006
- Lessons from Privilege
- Arthur Powell
- Around 10,000 American tax dollars will put a child through many public schools for a year. About 10,000 private dollars will put him through prep school. Why, then, is one system troubled and the other thriving? In this book, a renowned historian of education searches out the lessons that private schooling might offer public education.
- Hardcover 1997 / Paperback 1998
- Seeking Common Ground
- David Tyack
- Seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, spoke many languages, and were identified as members of different "races." In this wise and enlightening book, filled with vivid characters and memorable incidents that make history but don't always make history books, David Tyack describes how each American generation grappled with the knotty task of creating political unity and social diversity.
- Hardcover 2004 / Paperback 2007