Controversies Over the Purposes of Schooling: and the Meaning of Work

by Norman Benson and Richard Lyons

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This revised edition of the original, first published by UPA in 1986, is a collection of readings designed to help students clarify their understanding of the ongoing debate over the responsibilities of schools. Contents: Do the Public Schools Educate Children Beyond the Position They Must Occupy in Life? William T. Harris; The Democratic Conception in Education, John Dewey; Dare the School Build a New Social Order? George S. Counts; A Control of Education, Theodore Brameld; Technology and Community, Kenneth D. Benne; Significant Learning, Carl Rogers; Great Expectations and the Experience of Work, Seymour Sarason; The Motivation-Hygiene Theory, Frederick Harzberg; Three Theoretical Approaches to Work, Richard Lyons; Job and WorkoTwo Models for Society and Education, Arthur G. Wirth; Implementing Workplace Reforms in Schools, Norman Benson and Patricia Malone.
  • ISBN10 0819177709
  • ISBN13 9780819177704
  • Publish Date 16 July 1990
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 7 June 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University Press of America
  • Edition Revised Edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 268
  • Language English