Title: What are schools for? : holistic education in American culture /
Authors: Miller, Ron, 1956-
Publisher: Holistic Education Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Education Aims and objectives United States; Education United States History; Education United States Philosophy; Holistic education United States.
Abstract: Identifies key cultural themes that have influenced the purpose, structure, and methods of modern educational institutions. Miller explains, for example, how the modern worldview associated with capitalism and scientific reductionism underlies conventional assumptions about schools, teaching, and learning. Miller then demonstrates that holistic education, grounded in a fundamentally different worldview, reflects very different assumptions about education and schooling. Miller says that holistic education has philosophical roots in the romantic and Transcendentalist movements of the nineteenth century, but it has developed into a sophisticated postmodern critique of contemporary schooling. He defines the contributions that various dissident educators have made to the holistic critique, from Pestalozzi and Froebel, to Montessori and Steiner, to progressive and humanistic educators. – from publishers description.
Contents: Cultural Roots of American Education -- Themes of American Education -- Education in Early America -- Education in the Modern Age -- Holistic Critiques of American Education -- Education for a Postmodern Age -- Pioneers of Holistic Education -- John Dewey and Progressive Education -- Imported Holistic Movements -- The Educational Crisis: 1967-1972 -- Education for Human Potential -- Goals 2000: Triumph of the Megamachine -- Education for the Twenty-First Century.