About the Book

This is an important book to be read by any citizen who believes in life fulfill-ment through learning and the creative process. Dr. George D. Stoddard, now Distin-guished Professor Emeritus, New York University, and formerly President of the University of the State of New York and of the University of Illinois, is a renowned and respected scholar, educator, and au-thor. Singly or in collaboration, he has written fifteen books. His concern for the human condition as it relates to educa-tion is amply reflected in his service out-side the American academic community. In this latest, and perhaps penultimate, expression of his thought and study he brings into focus a wide range of educa-tional problems and processes, among them the self-contained classroom and the all-purpose teacher, the so-called open classroom and the year-round school, racial desegregation, performance contracts for teachers, the education of women, parochial and church-ruled schools and col-leges--literally dozens of present con-cerns of parents, educators, public offi-cials, teachers, and students. Some of his suggestions no doubt will not be popular--for example, his stand against the cur-rent pressures estranging church and state--but his is no jeremiad but, rather, a broad, humanistic appeal to reconsider the mission of the common school as the hallmark of a free society. Recent significant trends such as the abandonment of pass-fail grading systems bring into relief what Dr. Stoddard has to say and underscore the urgency of his message. Dr. Stoddard's "Outlook "is cer-tain to provoke discussion for some time to come.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 288 pages

Publication Date: Unknown

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press

ISBN-10: 0809306816

ISBN-13: 9780809306817

Series: Not Applicable

Language: English

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