Six Great Ideas10 reviews Mortimer J. Adler Touchstone, 1997 Simple exposition of Aristotle and Classical ideas + Displays our dichotomy + Not as good as others but still a winner Adler is great at relaying difficult philosophical truths to contemporary audiences with little to no background in philosophy. The philosophical positions accurately put forth in this book are those of Aristotle and the classical realist tradition. A truly valuable and important work.             Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business127 reviews Neil Postman Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Judge a book by its cover + It's The Today Show-- Starring George Orwell and Aldous Huxley + A Good Deal!! + Disinformation Means Misleading Information--Misplaced, Irrelevant, Fragmented or Superficial + The media is the message again             Great Books53 reviews David Denby Simon & Schuster, 1997 Denby Redux: Thirty Years after Columbia the English Literature major returns to study the Western Canon: + Thrilling! + Why The Great Books Are Important... and how they 'fit' + Great Books             The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School23 reviews Neil Postman Vintage, 1996 Rethinking School Functions within a Flat World's Technology + Addresses what ought to be rather than what is + One of the most challenging and impactful books I've read + A passionate call for meaningful narratives in our schools...             Teaching As a Subversive Activity12 reviews Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner Delta, 1971 The beginning of Education Reform + Required Reading + Teaching As a Subversive Activity 40 years since Postman declared the need for reformed education and our school systems still look the same today as it did then. A new age is still growing for the next age of education. This is the most excellent book on the nature of teaching and educating I have yet read. Postman articulates ...             The Disappearance of Childhood19 reviews Neil Postman Vintage, 1994 The Attacks on this Book are as Weak as the Arguments of the Book are Strong + I was not prepared to go so far back into history + Outdated, but excellent + An Almost Astonishing Book- + Postman's Footnote to The Gutenberg Galaxy             Paideia Proposal5 reviews Mortimer J. Adler Touchstone, 1998 A balanced and ideal structure for learning + Education being stressed, which Creates Opportunities 4 all + Adler is excellent. + Radical teaching methods             Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder81 reviews Richard Louv Algonquin Books, 2008 Parents NEED this, take it from a forest kid + please don't let it happen! + The Importance of Nature + Important Work + Important Book             The Closing of the American Mind123 reviews Allan Bloom Simon & Schuster, 1988 The Roots of American Disorder + Makes his points well, but exposes some serious intellectual blind spots The university is supposed to be the place where excited young minds come to be initiated into the mysteries of the cosmos. And it wasn't long ago that such adventures were both available and pursued. Liberal education encouraged students to ask for themselves the question "what is man?" and to ...             Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future16 reviews Neil Postman Vintage, 2000 Not a Luddite + Essential reading for educators in history + How the past can improve our future + A brilliant case for the value of the humanities in the modern age + Postman Delivers!             Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder81 reviews Richard Louv Algonquin Books, 2008 Parents NEED this, take it from a forest kid + please don't let it happen! + The Importance of Nature + Important Work + Important Book             The Closing of the American Mind123 reviews Allan Bloom Simon & Schuster, 1988 The Roots of American Disorder + Makes his points well, but exposes some serious intellectual blind spots The university is supposed to be the place where excited young minds come to be initiated into the mysteries of the cosmos. And it wasn't long ago that such adventures were both available and pursued. Liberal education encouraged students to ask for themselves the question "what is man?" and to ...             Teaching As a Subversive Activity12 reviews Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner Delta, 1971 The beginning of Education Reform + Required Reading + Teaching As a Subversive Activity 40 years since Postman declared the need for reformed education and our school systems still look the same today as it did then. A new age is still growing for the next age of education. This is the most excellent book on the nature of teaching and educating I have yet read. Postman articulates ...             The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School23 reviews Neil Postman Vintage, 1996 Rethinking School Functions within a Flat World's Technology + Addresses what ought to be rather than what is + One of the most challenging and impactful books I've read + A passionate call for meaningful narratives in our schools...             Paideia Proposal5 reviews Mortimer J. Adler Touchstone, 1998 A balanced and ideal structure for learning + Education being stressed, which Creates Opportunities 4 all + Adler is excellent. + Radical teaching methods             Great Books53 reviews David Denby Simon & Schuster, 1997 Denby Redux: Thirty Years after Columbia the English Literature major returns to study the Western Canon: + Thrilling! + Why The Great Books Are Important... and how they 'fit' + Great Books             Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business127 reviews Neil Postman Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Judge a book by its cover + It's The Today Show-- Starring George Orwell and Aldous Huxley + A Good Deal!! + Disinformation Means Misleading Information--Misplaced, Irrelevant, Fragmented or Superficial + The media is the message again             Six Great Ideas10 reviews Mortimer J. Adler Touchstone, 1997 Simple exposition of Aristotle and Classical ideas + Displays our dichotomy + Not as good as others but still a winner Adler is great at relaying difficult philosophical truths to contemporary audiences with little to no background in philosophy. The philosophical positions accurately put forth in this book are those of Aristotle and the classical realist tradition. A truly valuable and important work.             Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future16 reviews Neil Postman Vintage, 2000 Not a Luddite + Essential reading for educators in history + How the past can improve our future + A brilliant case for the value of the humanities in the modern age + Postman Delivers!             The Disappearance of Childhood19 reviews Neil Postman Vintage, 1994 The Attacks on this Book are as Weak as the Arguments of the Book are Strong + I was not prepared to go so far back into history + Outdated, but excellent + An Almost Astonishing Book- + Postman's Footnote to The Gutenberg Galaxy