This EXPANDED Fourteenth Edition of TAKING SIDES: EDUCATIONAL ISSUES presents two additional current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructors manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.

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Unit 1 Basic Theoretical Issues

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Issue 1. Should Schooling Be Based on Social Experiences?

yes: 3343 john dewey, from Experience and Education, (Macmillan,1938)

no: 3344 robert m. hutchins, from The Conflict in Education in a Democratic Society, (Harper & Row, 1953)

Philosopher John Dewey suggests a reconsideration of traditional approaches to schooling, giving fuller attention to the social development of the learner and the quality of his or her total experience. Robert M. Hutchins, noted educator and one-time chancellor of the University of Chicago, argues for a liberal arts education geared to the
development of intellectual powers.

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Issue 2. Should the Curriculum Be Standardized for All?

yes: 3357 mortimer j. adler, from "The Paideia Proposal: Rediscovering the Essence of Education," American School Board Journal (July 1982)

no: 3346 john holt, from Escape from Childhood, (E. P. Dutton, 1974)

Philosopher Mortimer J. Adler contends that democracy is best served by a public school system that establishes uniform curricular
objectives for all students. Educator John Holt argues that an imposed curriculum damages the individual and usurps a basic human right to select one's own path of
development.

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Issue 3. Should Behaviorism Shape Educational Practices?

yes: 3350 b. f. skinner, from Beyond Freedom and Dignity, (Alfred A. Knopf, 1971)

no: 3351 carl r. rogers, from Freedom to Learn for the Eighties (Merrill, 1983)

B. F. Skinner, an influential proponent of behaviorism and professor of psychology, critiques the concept of inner freedom and links
learning and motivation to the influence of external forces. Professor of psychology and psychiatry Carl R. Rogers offers the humanistic alternative to behaviorism, insisting on the reality of
subjective forces in human motivation.

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Issue 4. Is Constructivism the Best Philosophy of Education?

yes: 41818 david elkind, from "The Problem with Constructivism," The Educational Forum (Summer 2004)

no: 41819 jamin carson, from "Objectivism and Education: A Response to David Elkind's 'The Problem with Constructivism,'" The Educational Forum (Spring 2005)

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