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02874cam a2200493 a 4500 001 5829C4982AC611DEA2B07B04A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20240817014247 008 831117s1984 nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 83022819 020 $a 9780841909458 (pbk.) 020 $a 0841909458 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780841909441 020 $a 084190944X 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d ION $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 0 $a LC1011 $b .A42 1984 082 0 $a 373.19/8/0973 $2 19 245 0 $a Against mediocrity : $b the humanities in America's high schools / $c edited by Chester E. Finn, Jr., Diane Ravitch, Robert T. Fancher ; with a foreword by William Bennett. 260 $a New York : $b Holmes & Meier, $c 1984. 300 $a xi, 276 p. ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "A project of the Educational Excellence Network of Vanderbilt University's Institute for Public Policy Studies." 504 $a Bibliography: p. 270-273. 505 0 $a Foreword / William J. Bennett -- Introduction / Chester E. Finn, Diane Ravitch, and Robert T. Fancher -- The uses of humanistic schooling / Harry S. Broudy -- Language, reasoning, and the humanities / Leon Botstein -- English teaching and humane culture / Robert T. Fancher -- Foreign languages and humane learning / Carlos R. Hortas -- Improving high school history teaching / Clair W. Keller -- Teaching the humanities : the ideal within the real / Scott Colley -- The diminished past : conditions and ideals in the social studies / Gilbert T. Sewall -- On a background for teachers / Peter R. Pouncey -- The intellectual lives of teachers / Edwin J. Delattre -- Teacher education and the predicaments of reform / Gary Sykes -- Teachers and professionalism / Jon Moline -- The state's responsibility for teacher quality / John T. Casteen -- Epilogue : a school administrator's view / Peter R. Greer -- Conclusions and recommendations : high expectations and disciplined effort / Chester E. Finn and Diane Ravitch. 650 0 $a Education, Humanistic $z United States. 650 0 $a Humanities $x Study and teaching (Secondary) $z United States. 700 1 $a Finn, Chester E., $d 1944- 700 1 $a Ravitch, Diane. 700 1 $a Fancher, Robert T. 710 2 $a Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies. 941 $a 11 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214023818.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926044147.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106025345.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160806133110.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PHAX277 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5829C4982AC611DEA2B07B04A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b IONInitiate Another SILO Locator Search