The End of Learning
Title | The End of Learning PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Festa |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 253 |
Release | 2013-09-13 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1135520089 |
This book shows that education constitutes the central metaphor of John Milton's political as well as his poetic writing. Demonstrating how Milton's theory of education emerged from his own practices as a reader and teacher, this book analyzes for the first time the relationship between Milton's own material habits as a reader and his theory of the power of books. Milton's instincts for pedagogy, and the habits of inculcation everywhere visible in his writings, take on a larger political function in his use of education as a trope for the transmission of intellectual history. The book therefore analyzes Paradise Lost in the complementary contexts of its outright educational claims and more subversive countervailing measures in order to show how Milton dramatizes "the end of learning," which is to say both its objective and its failure. The thesis emphasizes the argumentative resourcefulness of Milton's efforts to liberate readers from the tyrannical bonds of their political innocence, most immediately in the context of the failure of Cromwell's regime to establish lasting republican institutions. More philosophically, the book explores the ways in which Milton's works investigate the humane and intellectual yearning for justice in response to the problem of evil.
The End of Education
Title | The End of Education PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Postman |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 225 |
Release | 2011-06-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0307797201 |
In this comprehensive response to the education crisis, the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity returns to the subject that established his reputation as one of our most insightful social critics. Postman presents useful models with which schools can restore a sense of purpose, tolerance, and a respect for learning.
After the End
Title | After the End PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Lane |
Publisher | Heinemann Educational Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN | 9780435087142 |
Presents practical techniques designed to help teachers of upper elementary grades and up discover and share the power of revision.
The End of College
Title | The End of College PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Carey |
Publisher | Riverhead Books |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2016-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1594634041 |
"The rise of the internet, new technologies, and free and open higher education are radically altering college forever, and this book explores the paradigm changes that will affect students, parents, educators and employers as it explains how we can take advantage of the new opportunities ahead"--
The End of Learning
Title | The End of Learning PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Festa |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 2013-09-13 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1135520151 |
This book shows that education constitutes the central metaphor of John Milton's political as well as his poetic writing. Demonstrating how Milton's theory of education emerged from his own practices as a reader and teacher, this book analyzes for the first time the relationship between Milton's own material habits as a reader and his theory of the power of books. Milton's instincts for pedagogy, and the habits of inculcation everywhere visible in his writings, take on a larger political function in his use of education as a trope for the transmission of intellectual history. The book therefore analyzes Paradise Lost in the complementary contexts of its outright educational claims and more subversive countervailing measures in order to show how Milton dramatizes "the end of learning," which is to say both its objective and its failure. The thesis emphasizes the argumentative resourcefulness of Milton's efforts to liberate readers from the tyrannical bonds of their political innocence, most immediately in the context of the failure of Cromwell's regime to establish lasting republican institutions. More philosophically, the book explores the ways in which Milton's works investigate the humane and intellectual yearning for justice in response to the problem of evil.
Lizzie and the Last Day of School
Title | Lizzie and the Last Day of School PDF eBook |
Author | Trinka Hakes Noble |
Publisher | Sleeping Bear Press |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 2015-03-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1633621316 |
Lizzie loves school almost more than anything. First she loved Nursery school. She loved Kindergarten even more. When the time comes for Lizzie to start First Grade, she can't wait. Everyone tells her it will be a whole year of school. And Miss Giggliano, the first-grade teacher, tells her class to make this the best year of school ever. Yippee! thinks Lizzie--a whole year of school! And what a year it is. Miss G.'s class wins the Centipede Reading Award. And they even win the Nature Study Award for their bee and butterfly garden. It's a great year! But all great things must come to an end. When the last day of school arrives, Lizzie is dismayed. How can this be? It was supposed to be a whole year! But good news soon arrives and Lizzie, along with Miss G., finds herself in a different classroom and eager to learn!
Men of Learning in Europe at the End of the Middle Ages
Title | Men of Learning in Europe at the End of the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Verger |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
Medievalists prefer that we not view the Middle Ages in a static frame but rather a dynamic one. They want us to be aware of the shifts and changes that characterize the period. In Men of Learning in Europe at the Close of the Middle Ages, Jacques Verger provides us with an important look at the evolution of social classes and an essential chapter in the study of cultural history. By the end of the Middle Ages, societal categories which were adequate for earlier periods-- "those who pray, those who fight, those who work" --no longer allowed for the growing complexity of Western society. One of the key new groups which emerged was that of learned men. Through their intellectual competency and their ability to build a social and political utility, these men came to be important figures. The fledgling modern state found them to be helpful allies and favored their ascension among the traditional elite. Thus, they contributed not only to the advancement of knowledge, making the Renaissance period possible, but also to the reshaping of late medieval political structure. Combining cultural, social, and political history, Men of Learning in Europe at the Close of the Middle Ages measures the influence acquired by certain disciplines--in particular religious, literary, and legal--in the organization of European society. Anyone interested in the Middle Ages or intellectual history will want to read this book.