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Out of our minds : turning the tide of anti-intellectualism in American schools /

Howley, Craig B.,

Out of our minds : turning the tide of anti-intellectualism in American schools / by Craig B. Howley, Ed.D., Aimee Howley, Ph.D., and Edwina D. Pendarvis, Ph.D. - Second edition, revised edition. - pages cm

Previous edition: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references.

What is intellect and why is it important?: The origins of anti-intellectualism in U.S. schools -- The impact of anti-intellectualism on schooling -- The anti-intellectualism of teachers and the context sustaining it -- Families and credentialism: Schooling as a community -- The anti-intellectual university -- Gifted education opposing intellect -- Social justice: Ethical implications for intellect and talent development -- Where might an intellectual education reside? -- Imagining a decent schooling for Intellect.

9781618216007 (Paperback)

2016047669


Gifted children--Education--United States.
Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
Learning, Psychology of.

LC3993.9 / .H69 2016

371.95/0973

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