Alternatives in schools and alternatives to schools are placed within a broad social, historical, and philosophical context by six authors. The first section contains (1) a typology of educational alternatives, (2) several perspectives on educational alternatives related to a model of culture, (3) a range of conceptualizing alternatives within a…

Some critical observers of schools despair of enduring and constructive change. Challenging the rhetoric of despair about change in school, the book is based on the hypothesis that schools, under certain conditions, can become much more vital and change-oriented than they currently are. The book begins by describing elements of educational reform…

This book provides the vision and rationale for "centers of pedagogy" that can bring schools and universities together in a close, renewing relationship. It proposes a redesign of education that is grounded in a mission of enculturating students in a social and political democracy. The first four chapters address questions related to the nature…