Reclaiming Education by Ron Scapp

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Reclaiming Education by Ron Scapp

This book is an appeal to those directly and indirectly involved in education reform to reconsider the very nature of education as a process of transformation and not, as the neoliberal corporate model insists upon, as a “product.” By using Paulo Freire’s fundamental principle of understanding “education as the  practice of freedom,” and expanding upon it with bell hooks’ own spiritual understanding of that principle, this book offers readers the opportunity to rethink what education is, and what it is not.  Utilizing the work of diverse thinkers and critics, the book lays out a criticism of neoliberalism’s profound influence on education reform and our culture generally. It reaffirms the political and ethical import of education for individuals and for our nation as a whole.

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Ron Scapp is Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. He is the author of Teaching Values: Critical Perspectives on Education, Politics, and Culture. Brian Seitz is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Babson College. He is the author of The Trace of Political Representation and coeditor (with Ron Scapp) of Eating Culture, both also published by SUNY Press.
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ISBN 13 9781137389152
ISBN 10 113738915X
Title Reclaiming Education
Author Ron Scapp
Series New Frontiers In Education Culture And Politics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 2014-01-01
Number of pages 172
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.