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Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties....
Author
Series
Fastback volume 467
Publisher
Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Walking on Water is a look at teaching, writing, creativity, and life by a writer increasingly recognized for his passionate and articulate critique of modern civilization. This time Derrick Jensen brings us into his classroom - whether university or maximum security prison - where he teaches writing. He reveals how schools are central to perpetuating the great illusion of our culture, that happiness lies outside of ourselves and that learning to...
Author
Series
Fastback volume 468
Publisher
Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Language
English
Description
Providing a new perspective on the indeniable relationship between education reform and democratic revitalization, this work uncovers and examines practical models in which communities play an essential role in teaching the art of democracy. From back cover.