Mimbres Publishing - Jack L. Carter and Martha Carter - Library of Used, Almost New and Historical Books of Great Value

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The Closing of the American Mind

Allan Bloom; ISBN: 0671479903 - Pages: 392; Publisher: Simon and Schuster - Copyright © 1987; Condition: Hardback, slight scuffing to dust jacket, inscribed on first and last pages, light pencil underlining/marginal notes on a handful of pages, otherwise in excellent condition. Price: $10.00 + $5 S/H

This book "is a powerful critique, by a distinguished political philosopher, of the intellectual and moral confusions of our age. . . . What we see today, according to Bloom, is young people who, lacking an understanding of the past and a vision of the future, live in an impoverished present. . . . Our universities no longer provide the knowledge of the great traditions of philosophy and literature that made students aware of the order of nature and of man's place within it." — from the dust jacket

New Reformation: Notes of a Neolithic Conservative

Paul Goodman; No ISBN - Pages: 208; Publisher: Random House - Copyright © 1970; Condition: Hardback, slight wear to dust jacket, inscribed on first page, otherwise clean and in excellent condition. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H

No person had the ability to anticipate today's crises in American culture as did Paul Goodman. While most of us fail to question our technologies and business leaders, Goodman denounced this artificial priesthood.

Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science

Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt; ISBN: 0801847664 - Pages: 314; Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press - Copyright © 1994; Condition: Hardback, dust jacket has some underlining plus is price-clipped, inscribed on first page, penciled underlining and marginal notes on about two dozen pages, otherwise in very good condition. Price: $10.00 + $5 S/H

"With the emergence of cultural studies and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside of their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. . . . The authors examine examples of science-bashing from an array of currently fashionable viewpoints-post-modernism, feminism, radical environmentalism, and multiculturalisms." — from the dust jacket

The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy

Nicholas Lemann; ISBN: 0374299846 - Pages: 406; Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux - Copyright © 1999; Condition: Hardback, extensive pencil underlining/marginal notes in first 70 pages, remainder clean and in excellent condition. Price: $5.00 + $5 S/H

This book describes the shift from the experiments launched by James B. Conant, president of Harvard, and Henry Chauncey, director of Educational Testing Service, to the work of the author. "Lemann's narrative goes across a huge range of subjects, places, and times, from Cambridge to wartime Washington to contemporary California, where educational testing was invented in the schools and classrooms" — from the dust jacket.

The Education of American Teachers

James B. Conant; ISBN - Pages: 275; Publisher: McGraw-Hill - Copyright © 1963; Condition: Hardback, some tears in dust jacket, inscription on first page, marginal notes on two pages, otherwise clean and in excellent condition. Price: $6.00 + $4 S/H

While supporting the diversity of American schools, Conant supports the idea of raising the level of education and gives many excellent examples of the methods by which we can improve the quality of education. His ideas, conceived in a different era, are still important today.

How Children Fail

John Holt; ISBN - Pages: 181; Publisher: Pitman - Copyright © 1968; Condition: Hardback, some tears in dust jacket, inscription on first page, light creases on a few pages, otherwise clean and in excellent condition. Price: $3.00 + $3 S/H

Anyone involved in the education of children should read this book. It is still relevant for teachers who seriously want to reach the child's sensibilities and intelligence.

A Theory of Education

Joseph D. Novak; ISBN: 0801411041 - Pages: 295; Publisher: Cornell Univiversity Copyright © 1977; Condition: Hardback, inscription on first and last pages, minor wear and tear on dust jacket, otherwise clean, in excellent condition. Price: $4.00 + $4 S/H

The author, a leader in science education for many years, presents a comprehensive treatise on education, in which he focuses on the nature and importance of concept learning.

Freedom to Learn

Carl R. Rogers; ISBN: 675095190 - Pages: 358; Publisher: Charles E. Merrill Copyright © 1969; Condition: Hardback, inscription on front endpaper and first page, dust jacket worn, but otherwise in excellent condition. Price: $4.00 + $4 S/H

Rogers' ultra-individualized approach, as exemplified by ideas such as "self-discovery learning," was the antithesis of our current-day "No Child Left Behind."

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget's research into what children understand and how thought develops has had enormous influence in the fields of child psychology and education. If you are interested in how we learn and are unfamiliar with Piaget's distinguished research and career, this is an excellent place to start. — Jack Carter

Nature Study for Conservation:
A Handbook for Environmental Education

"This book has been written for the sort of person who is interested in life, whether or not he wishes to be called a biologist. The author obviously is interested equally in the science of life and in the art of living." — from the foreword

The Intelligence Men: Makers of the IQ Controversy

This book addresses the question: Is intelligence determined by nature's genetic blueprints or by environment's nurturing? "It is a rich and exciting narrative of the lives and ideas of such intellects as John Stuart Mill, Francis Galton, Alfred Benet, and Arthur Jensen." — from the book jacket

The Changing School Curriculum:
A Report from the Fund for the Advancement of Education

John I. Goodlad with Renata von Stoephasius and M. Frances Klein; No ISBN: - Pages: 122; Publisher: Fund for the Advancement of Education - Copyright © 1966; Condition: Paperback, some pencil markings, otherwise good condition, name inscribed on cover. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H

This small paperback is probably the best summary available of the curriculum projects supported by the National Science Foundation that turned science and math education around following Sputnik.

Educating

D. Bob Gowin; ISBN: 0801414180 - Pages: 210; Publisher: Cornell University Press - © 1981; Condition: Hardback, some yellowing on dust jacket, name inscribed on frontispiece, otherwise excellent condition, never used. Price: $8.00 + $4 S/H

The thrust of this publication is that you must go to school to get ahead. Schooling has long been recognized as a route to success. This sentiment once indicated the adequacy of a high school education in raising earnings, but it is now college that raises them substantially.

Moral Education: Five Lectures

James M. Gustafson, Richard S. Peters, Lawrence Kohlberg, Bruno Bettelheim, and Kenneth Keniston; No ISBN - Pages: 136; Publisher: Harvard University Press - © 1970; Condition: Paperback, cover shows age, inscription on first page, otherwise as-new condition. Price: $7.00 + $4 S/H

Five lectures by five distinguished people. As we struggle today to define a moral education, it is time for us to go back and reread these five scholars, plus the introduction by Ted Sizer. We can recommend this to everyone interested in youth and the process of growing up.

Freedom and Beyond

John Holt; ISBN: 0525109226 - Pages: 273; Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co. - ©1972. Condition: Hardback, excellent, unused and without any markings, dust jacket in very good condition. Price: $8.00 + $4 S/H

A free thinker in the field of education in the 1960s and '70s, Mr. Holt challenges us to press beyond the confines of the existing educational institutions of that day, and to examine the assumptions in which our system of compulsory schooling is grounded.

Biological Education in American Secondary Schools 1890-1960

Paul DeHart Hurd; No ISBN - Pages: 263; Publisher: American Institute of Biological Sciences - © 1961; Condition: Hardback, no dust jacket, inscription on first page, otherwise excellent condition. Price: $15.00 + $4 S/H

The production of this important history of American secondary education was supported by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, with financial support from the National Science Foundation. This study reports the work that was done in the teaching of biology in the American high school over a critical period. It provides a historical perspective and an interpretive summary of biology teaching that has proven useful to those engaged in improving high school science curricula. — Jack Carter

New Directions in Teaching Secondary School Science

This book describes the massive reform movement that generated a new teaching of the sciences in America throughout the 1960s. These programs not only contained new subject material but were written in terms of goals representing a new era in science teaching. These courses were designed to be taught differently and learned differently from the science courses of the past.

Teaching Undergraduates:
Essays from the Lilly Endowment Workshop on Liberal Arts

Bruce A. Kimball, editor; ISBN: 0879754893 - Pages: 215; Publisher: Prometheus Books - ©1988. Condition: Hardcover, very good condition with the exception of underlining and marginal notes on a small number of pages. Price: $10.00 + $4 S/H.

Addressing topics ranging from the theory and ideals of teaching to practical methodological and interdisciplinary issues, these are fascinating essays by some of the most distinguished scholars in college teaching. Among others, Bruce Kimball, Elof Carlson, Joseph Katz, and Frank Newman, all Lilly Endowment scholars, provide concepts and objectives that are still extremely valuable in college teaching today.

Higher Education in the Revolutionary Decades

This anthology elaborates the thesis that American society since the end of World War II has experienced a series of revolutions of greater impact than revolutions of any previous period in history. The book is for those concerned with educational policy, but it also reflects on and compares the various periods of history in higher education.

Key Resources on Teaching, Learning, Curriculum, and Faculty Development

Robert J. Menges and B. Claude Mathis; ISBN: 1555421180 - Pages: 406; Publisher: Jossey-Bass - © 1988; Condition: Hardback, tiny nick on dust jacket, inscriptions on first and last pages, otherwise excellent condition, never used. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H

This book is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to over 600 books and articles on teaching, learning, curriculum, and faculty development in colleges and universities. More than a list of resources, this book shows how the field of higher education has evolved and highlights those contributions of the most qualified professors.

Colleges and Universities as Agents of Social Change

W. John Minter and Ian Thompson, Editors; No ISBN - Pages: 148; Publisher: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education - © 1968; Condition: Paperback, cover shows age, inscription on first page, otherwise excellent condition. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H

WICHE faculty members from a variety of universities contributed to this small but important publication. They include T. R. McConnell, Eldon Johnson, Kenneth Boulding, and several other distinguished professors.

Existentialism in Education

Existentialism is a theory of individual meaning. It asks each person to ponder the reasons for his or her existence. There is a real possibility that we live in a meaningless world. Existentialism asks if we are up to the task of living in such a world. Most Americans find it difficult to listen to such ideas.

Why We Still Need Public Schools:
Church/State Relations, and Visions of Democracy

This book challenges the idea that we can reform public education by patterning it after our economy. We are told we need to throw our public schools into competition with private schools, by providing tax money for the education of children in private schools. The first part of the book contains articles that testify to the need for separation of church and state. The second part discusses the dangers of the current call for private school choice and addresses the need for public schools.

Science and Society:
A Source Book for Elementary and Junior High Teachers

The authors decided to publish this book because they were frustrated with society's inability to confront its connections with science. They recognized that future political decisions would demand that the public and its leaders have an adequate understanding of science. This book addresses how we teach, what we teach, and how we should test.

Teaching as a Subversive Activity

Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner; No ISBN - Pages: 219; Publisher: Delacorte - © 1969; Condition: Hardback, slight wear to dust jacket, inscription on first and last pages, some pages have marginal notations, otherwise good condition. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H

"The American school system is sick. Its methods are based on fear, coercion, and rote-memory testing. What is more, the subject matter it teaches becomes obsolete almost as it is taught: the knowledge explosion demands that students learn how to use their minds and talent, while the schools are strenuously engaged in teaching them how to stifle their intelligence and creativity." — the authors

Teaching Science in the Elementary School — Second Edition

Until the early 1960s, there was little or no science taught in American elementary schools. In the late 1950s and early 60s, when the National Science Foundation decided that we needed a curriculum and materials for teaching science at that level, several method books were produced to assist teachers. This is one of the better of those books.

The Nature of Science and Science Teaching

This book is written for those who are concerned with the relationships between the nature of science and the teaching of science. It examines the writings of six scholars, all working scientists who have given considerable attention to the broader and deeper aspects of science as a field of intellectual inquiry. Students of science education will be familiar with such names as Marjorie Gardner, William Hedges, Paul DeHart Hurd, Leo Klopfer, Eugene Lee, and Percy Bridgman.

College Curriculum and Student Protest

Joseph J. Schwab; No ISBN - Pages: 167; Publisher: Harvard University Press - © 1973; Condition: Hardback, dust jacket torn, inscription on first page, small amount of underlining, otherwise good condition. Price: $5.00 + $4 S/H

"The protesting student of the 1960s here plays the role of the one who presents symptoms, not one who is the sole possessor of the disease. The disease is the curriculum." — the author; "Professor Schwab demonstrated in his teaching at the University of Chicago that he always was concerned with the student and his needs, both as a person and as a student." — from the dust jacket

Places for Learning, Places for Joy:
Speculations on American School Reform

Theodore R. Sizer; No ISBN - Pages: 303; Publisher: University of Chicago Press - © 1969; Condition: Hardback, good condition but with some markings and marginal notes, dust jacket torn. Price: $6.00 + $4 S/H

"The contrast between what we say and what we do is both insufferable and ludicrous. Outrage over the suffering of youngsters at our hands is justified, but outrage unaccompanied by a viable program of remedies rarely leads to reform." — the author

Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Guide to Improving Instruction and Increasing Learner Achievement

"This is the first book in our field that addresses specifically the topic of adult motivation for learning-a book that has been needed for some time." — Malcolm Knowles

"When adults are motivated to learn, they work harder, learn more, have a sense of enjoyment and achievement and want to continue learning." — from the book jacket