Educational Metamorphoses: Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Culture

by Jane Roland Martin

Book Overview

A preeminent philosopher of education in the United States, Jane Roland Martin challenges conventional wisdom that education consists of small, incremental changes. Using case studies of personal transformations, or metamorphoses, Martin examines Malcolm X, Shaw's Eliza Doolittle, Victor of Aveyron and others to demonstrate how education is a fundamental determinant of the human condition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074254673X
• ISBN13: 9780742546738
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"