Schlesinger, executive director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, considers the decline of civic consciousness as symptomatic of a general "habit of mind." She adduces much evidence about the diminishing use of "Why?" among American youth and in society at large. From the Internet to the decline of civics education in recent Bush Administration policy, the sources of our indifference move from the philosophical to the explicitly political. There are pedagogical bright spots to suggest methods to revitalize questioning in the classroom and "slow democracy" in public life. Schlesinger helps connect educational theory with the current debate about "social capital" in Robert D. Putnam's classic, Bowling Alone. Verdict Schlesinger's book may attract a wide audience of readers concerned with education, political science, and community organizing. Recommended.--Zachary T. Irwin, Pennsylvania State Univ.-Erie -- Library Journal, August, 2009
发表于2024-11-26
The Death of "Why?" 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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Questions = Power
Obsessed with answers, we have lost sight of the power and value of questions. Debates over globalization, climate change, health care, and poverty will not be "solved" with simple answers, but that's what Americans are being trained to expect. Schlesinger argues that we're besieged by cultural forces that urge us to avoid critical thinking and independent analysis. The media reduces politics to a spectator sport, standardized tests teach students to fill in the dots instead of opening their minds, and even the Internet promotes habits that discourage looking deeper.
But the situation isn't hopeless. Schlesinger profiles individuals and institutions renewing the practice of inquiry at a time when our society demands such activity from us all. Our resilience will depend on our ability to struggle with what we don't know, to live and think outside comfortable bubbles of sameness, and, ultimately, to ask questions.
不能说是一本很好的书,毕竟作者本人是奥巴马当年竞选团对的,而且这本书也就200页+附录参考资料,但是当有个人这样系统地写出一本关于“提问的力量”的书与自己本身零碎而无法聚拢的思维相符时,也算是一种幸运和美好。
评分不能说是一本很好的书,毕竟作者本人是奥巴马当年竞选团对的,而且这本书也就200页+附录参考资料,但是当有个人这样系统地写出一本关于“提问的力量”的书与自己本身零碎而无法聚拢的思维相符时,也算是一种幸运和美好。
评分不能说是一本很好的书,毕竟作者本人是奥巴马当年竞选团对的,而且这本书也就200页+附录参考资料,但是当有个人这样系统地写出一本关于“提问的力量”的书与自己本身零碎而无法聚拢的思维相符时,也算是一种幸运和美好。
评分不能说是一本很好的书,毕竟作者本人是奥巴马当年竞选团对的,而且这本书也就200页+附录参考资料,但是当有个人这样系统地写出一本关于“提问的力量”的书与自己本身零碎而无法聚拢的思维相符时,也算是一种幸运和美好。
评分不能说是一本很好的书,毕竟作者本人是奥巴马当年竞选团对的,而且这本书也就200页+附录参考资料,但是当有个人这样系统地写出一本关于“提问的力量”的书与自己本身零碎而无法聚拢的思维相符时,也算是一种幸运和美好。
The Death of "Why?" 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书