The main purpose of my book is to specify what higher educational policies will contribute the most to excelling in academic knowledge, critical thinking, and complex reasoning.
This book begins by reviewing the many accusations that have been hurled at educational research over the years-statements claiming that its methods are flawed, that it is devalued by users, and that it has very little impact on policy.
Humanistic Critique of Education's ten essays by noted scholars address the subject of educational policy, methods, ideology and more, with stress upon the rhetoric of contemporary teaching and learning.
Language educators in general, and foreign language educators in particular, need to be aware of and sensitive to issues related to the interface and nexus of language, education, and ideology.
Transforming English Studies provides a uniquely interdisciplinary view of English studies' "e;crises"e;-both real and imagined--and works toward resolving the legitimate pathologies that threaten the sustainability of the discipline.
