What Are Schools For?: Holistic Education in American Culture

By Ron Miller

Book Overview

What Are Schools For? is a powerful analysis and critique of the historical context and forces that have shaped and still continue to influence contemporary mainstream American education. Miller... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962723207
• ISBN13: 9780962723209
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Alternative Education Resource Organization
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Holistic education in context of American public education

Ron Miller, the leading thinker in the field of holsitic education, lays out the development of public edcucation in America and explains the emergence of holistic education within the cultural context. Frequently used as a text in college of education courses, What Are Schools For has been updated to address the current crisis in American education. This thoughtful book is a must for educators who are struggling to meet the needs of our children in a system that tends to reduce education to a servicing agent for economic interests

John R. Cathey, J.D., Ph.D.

Ron Miller,the leading voice in American holistic education, explains the emergence of holistic education within the context of the historical development of American public education. Frequently used as a classroom text for education students, What Are Schools For? is a consise treatment of the values and issues that impact public education policy in America. This is a must read for parents, educators, and politicians who are concerned with current public policy that sacrafices the complex needs of children in favor of corporate demands for the consumer economy

On Education...

This is an excellent reference guide for all those on their way to becoming teachers-- Miller not only gives a sampling of the various cultural impacts on American education throughout history and the pioneers who pushed for them, he also provides students with valid reasons for holistic education.