- Education, United States, Educational change, Aims and objectives
In this brilliantly challenging response to the education crisis, Neil Postman returns to the subject that established his reputation as one of our most insightful social critics.
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- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Neil Postman
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 209
- Publisher
- Vintage, Knopf
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679430063
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“In considering how to conduct the schooling of our young, adults have two problems to solve.”
<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Postman>Neil Postman</a> was a popular American humanist who was well known for his comments on the social effects of technology, in particular of television.
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