This paper discusses an approach to educational improvement through collaboration between schools and universities. It develops the concept of symbiosis between unlike institutions in which each recognizes need for the other in seeking to fulfill its self-interest. The first section defines the essential characteristics of successful renewal: that…

Describes problems with present day schooling and ineffective attempts to improve it. Links societal goals and requisite learning. Describes a fundamental educational reconstruction which would place the individual learner at the center of a balanced, comprehensive curriculum aimed at creating future world citizens. (JDH)

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…