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Diversity and Pluralism - 11180332
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED245366 AUTHOR: Woodring, Paul
TITLE: The Persistent Problems of Education.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1983
NOTE: 131 p.; Monograph sponsored by the University of
Southern California Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa.
AVAILABILITY: Phi Delta Kappa, 8th & Union, P.O. Box 789,
Bloomington, IN 47402 ($5; $4 members).
ABSTRACT: Because discussions of educational problems seem
to be retracing the same paths and problems, there is need
to identify and define the enduring controversies in
education and explore reasons for their currency. These
issues are discussed in a historical context. The questions
of what sort of education is of most worth and what
subjects should be basic are issues of priorities: Who
should determine educational goals and on what bases? As
liberal and vocational education vie for dominance, so
foreign languages and geography may lay claim to being
essential studies. The issues of school prayer, evolution,
humanistic values, and sex education raise the question of
whose values are to be taught in the schools of a
pluralistic society; and in dealing with problems unique to
schools, how shall we deal with individual differences
among students and cultures? How shall teachers be
selected, educated, and rewarded? These problems may
persist in American education for a variety of reasons--the
unsystematic system of education, diversity of beliefs and
expectations, or public misinformation, to name a few. But
a balanced view of educational goals may come through the
examples of experienced teachers. (JW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Educational-Change; Education-Work
Relationship; Elementary-Secondary-Education; General
Education; Higher-Education; Individual-Differences;
Liberal Arts; Policy-; Religious-Factors;
Social-Differences;
Teacher-Education; Teacher-Education-Programs; Values
Education; Vocational-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Education; *Cultural-Pluralism;
*Educational-Philosophy; *Policy-Formation
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