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ERIC Number: EJ356368
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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"Fostering" Excellence: Toward a Noncybernetic View of Mind and Education.
Brown, Stephen I.
Urban Education, v22 n1 p115-25 Apr 1987
Discusses Foster McMurray's critical retrospective essay, included in the second edition of Arthur Bestor's "Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools." Disagrees with McMurray's conception of liberal education and maintaining the centrality of the academic disciplines. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Discourse Analysis, Educational Theories, General Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Political Issues, Problem Solving
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Language: English
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