Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our children with a sense of global citizenship, healthy intellectual skepticism, respect of America's traditions, and appreciation of its diversity? In answering this question, The End of Education restores meaning and common sense to the arena in which they are most urgently needed.
"Informal and clear...Postman's ideas about education are appealingly fresh."--New York Times Book Review
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圖書標籤: NeilPostman 社會學 文化 美國 新聞學與傳播學 教育社會 傳播學 edu
教育的末日就是把上學和教育劃等號
評分標題一語雙關,End即是「終結」,也是「目標」。1996年,Neil Postman討論的不是「怎麼教」,而是「教什麼」。且他所關心的教什麼不是知識、技能、工具層麵,而是教育的終極目的,並稱之為「敘事」(narrative),一套全民認同的公共敘事。 這一職能過去由宗教承擔,第一部分將其擴展,「神祇的必要性」、「失敗瞭的神祇」、「失敗瞭的新神祇」和「或許能成功的神祇」。共産主義、納粹主義、法西斯主義被他歸入「失敗瞭的神祇」。後兩者沒有疑議,第一個有待商榷,福山也承認「曆史的終結」推遲瞭。信息技術,被他歸入「失敗瞭的新神祇」,則在過去二十年裏完全沒有失敗。 第二部分,Postman提齣瞭五種公共敘事的可能:地球飛船、墮落天使、美國實驗、多樣性法則、語言編製者/世界構造者。最後一點頗為有趣。
評分教育的末日就是把上學和教育劃等號
評分Opposite of the end, it's what the education should start with.
評分Discuss about what education should involve. Ideas are becoming increasingly clear as we read through.
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