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Why Teach?: In Defense Of A Real Education (2013)

by Mark Edmundson(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

162040107X (ISBN13: 9781620401071)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: Dr. Edmundson warns that the American education is being taken over by the spirit of corporate/business mentality. High school graduates come to college campus to take the required credits for a better job rather than looking for opportunities to be inspired, to be intellectually challenged, and then to be transformed. Reading classics and poetry with an English major is no longer valued as much as a degree in business management or accounting. He calls for all teachers, particularly college professors, to be reflective and life-long learners with their students.
review 2: Bought this after I had borrowed it from a friend. Really like the directness with which Edmundson attacks some of the current practices in academia--treating students like clients, the d... moreifficulties faced by new faculty in the humanities, idolizing sports (but also appreciating them for what they do), MOOCs. Also like the way he weaves in Homer, Blake and other great writers he admires. Big question for me is will academics do as he urges in the last chapter, namely, be proactive in communicating to administration what they want? less

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