Taking sides :  Clashing views on controversial educational issues / 
edited, selected, and with introductions by James Wm. Noll. 
 - Sixth edition 
 - xix, 372 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Should schooling be based on social experiences? / John Dewey, Robert M. Hutchins -- Should schools determine what is learned? / Clifton Fadiman, John Holt -- Should curricula emphasize commonality over multiculturalism? / Richard Rodriguez, Alba A. Rosenman -- Should values be developed rather than transmitted? / Lawrence Kohlberg, Edward A. Wynne -- Is church-state separation being threatened? / R. Freeman Butts, Robert L. Cord -- Do external controls provide the best learning stimulus? / B.F. Skinner, Carl R. Rogers -- Does a common curriculum promote equality? / Mortimer J. Adler, Floretta Dukes McKenzie -- Should schools serve national economic needs? / James B. Hunt, Jr., Joel Spring -- Should "choice" plans include private schools? / John E. Coons, Dennis L. Evans -- Is home schooling a viable alternative? / David Guterson, William Konnert, Josef Wendel -- Can schools prevent urban dropouts? / Larry Cuban, Paul Woodring -- Should preschoolers receive academic instruction? / Siegfried and Therese Engelmann, David Elkind -- Should whole-language replace basal readers? / Zelene Lovitt, Richard D. McCallum -- Should literacy be based on traditional culture? / E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Stephen Tchudi -- Is measurement-driven instruction desirable? / W. James Popham, Gerald W. Bracey -- Are packaged discipline programs harmful? / Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler, Lee Canter -- Is mainstreaming beneficial to all? / Dean C. Corrigan, W.N. Bender -- Does tracking create educational inequality? / Jeannie Oakes, Charles Nevi -- Do group rewards undermine cooperative learning? / Alfie Kohn, Robert E. Slavin -- Is bilingual education justifiable as a policy? / Alberto M. Ochoa, Yvonne Caballero-Allen, Diane Ravitch -- Are current sex education programs lacking in moral guidance? / Kevin Ryan, Peter Scales -- Are current tests of teacher knowledge fair? / Gregory R. Anrig, Linda Darling-Hammond. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0879679328 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>90084855 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education--Aims and objectives--United States.<br/>Education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370