Rekindling Community - Place, Pride and the Renewal of Rural and Local Schools

This book examines philosophical assumptions and charts their evolution into conventional wisdom about how human beings should meet their needs, govern themselves, and educate their children. It examines how policies emanating from the assumptions have slowly eroded vitality of rural communities.

List of contents

Introduction -- The Creation of Community from a Historical Perspective -- Intradependence -- Cyclic Time -- The Avoidance of Risk -- Public Policy and the Subordination of Community -- The Deserted Village: A European Prelude -- The American Countryside and the Dynamics of Acquisition -- The American Countryside and the Dynamics of Dispossession -- Education and the Renewal of Community -- Starting the Conversation -- Place-Conscious Elementary Classrooms -- Place-Conscious Secondary Classrooms -- Conclusion

About the author

Paul Theobald

Summary

This book examines philosophical assumptions and charts their evolution into conventional wisdom about how human beings should meet their needs, govern themselves, and educate their children. It examines how policies emanating from the assumptions have slowly eroded vitality of rural communities.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Theobald
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.1997
• EAN: 9780813323022
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2302-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropologie, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Schulen und Vorschulen