And Merely Teach, Second Edition: Irreverent Essays on the Mythology of Education

By Arthur E. Lean

Arthur E. Lean's irreverent and con­troversial essays represent the distillation of many ideas about education--ideas developed during most of a lifetime spent in and about schools. In the second edition of this popular work, to which he has added eight new essays, he presents his latest observations on current ele­ments and programs in education--such as the grading system, academic rank, the teaching process, assessment of edu­cational progress--concluding that many of them are not only unnecessary but actually harmful to the very process which they are supposed to serve.

Covering a broad spectrum of current issues in its criticism of American edu­cation at all levels, And Merely Teach is a book to be read by veteran educator, beginning teacher, and lay citizen alike. Though critical of the teaching profes­sion, Arthur Lean also offers constructive suggestions in the form of practical solu­tions that are urgently needed to save our ailing educational system.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809307456
• ISBN13: 9780809307456
• Release Date: March 1976
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.5" x 5.4"