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From Publishers Weekly
In these 15 essays and articles, eminent cultural historian Barzun gives a straightforward message: mechanization and gimmicks are no substitute for the hard work of learning and the art of teaching. Trenchant and challenging, this primer holds valuable lessons for educators.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This book gathers the various writings and comments of outspoken educator Barzun ( The American University , LJ 10/1/68), regarding the ailing American educational system. These freshly edited articles and essays offer a way out of a decaying system through teaching and learning in an old-fashioned way, rather than through the "radical innovations" of the so-called educational reformers. Some of the topics Barzun addresses include the inadequate ways in which reading is taught; the demeaning methods of teacher training; the counterfeit "social studies" programs which are the offshoot of combined geography and history curriculums; the benefits of reading the classics; and the effects of television on learning. In this collection one will find what schools and colleges should and could be if reforms are to "begin here." This is a practical, positive approach to developing better schools and colleges.
- Samuel T. Huang, Northern Illinois Univ. Libs., DeKalb
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In these 15 essays and articles, eminent cultural historian Barzun gives a straightforward message: mechanization and gimmicks are no substitute for the hard work of learning and the art of teaching. Trenchant and challenging, this primer holds valuable lessons for educators.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This book gathers the various writings and comments of outspoken educator Barzun ( The American University , LJ 10/1/68), regarding the ailing American educational system. These freshly edited articles and essays offer a way out of a decaying system through teaching and learning in an old-fashioned way, rather than through the "radical innovations" of the so-called educational reformers. Some of the topics Barzun addresses include the inadequate ways in which reading is taught; the demeaning methods of teacher training; the counterfeit "social studies" programs which are the offshoot of combined geography and history curriculums; the benefits of reading the classics; and the effects of television on learning. In this collection one will find what schools and colleges should and could be if reforms are to "begin here." This is a practical, positive approach to developing better schools and colleges.
- Samuel T. Huang, Northern Illinois Univ. Libs., DeKalb
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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