Back to Basics: Fundamental Educational Questions Reexamined (Jossey Bass Education Series)

By Francis Schrag

"One of the very few examples of educational writing that is both accessible to a general audience and philosophically sound. Schrag's discussion of the key issues facing public education is insightful and constructive. A most impressive work " --Walter Feinberg, professor of philosophy of education, University of Illinois, Chicago

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787900605
• ISBN13: 9780787900601
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 0.7" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Provokes in the Right Way

This is a fine piece of philosophy of education accessible to the layman yet important for experts in the field. Although I often found myself wanting Schrag to more carefully stake out some of his claims, this would have deterred from the wider audience he seeks to reach as well as gotten in the way of his treatment of a variety of basic questions. Schrag asks the right questions and his positions are always thought provoking. It got me thinking about what I believe the aims of education should be and the reasons for thinking these are legitimate. If Schrag's view that one of the central aims of education is attending to the arguments and evidence for a view, then his book should be judged a success by its own standards. Highly recommended.