John I Goodlad
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
xi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
John I. Goodlad has been an unflagging voice for humanistic ideals in education for more than six decades and has helped reframe the modern discourse on the role and function of schools. For Goodlad the goal of public education is to help children become free and full participants in a democratic society by instilling them with a love of learning and a sense of civic responsibility-goals that are incompatible with our present system of schooling that...