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Clewett, Jr., Richard M. – Journal of General Education, 1998
Asserts that formal education should impart tacit knowledge--a complex set of understandings one must possess to live and function successfully in society--as well as traditional disciplines, theories, and cognitive skills. Discusses modeling attitudes, values, ways of life, and democracy to students, and what should be expected of a particular…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, General Education, Hidden Curriculum
Howley, Craig B.; And Others – 1995
In interpreting the intellectual and cultural contexts of gifted education, this book considers how and why U.S. schooling fails to care for intellect and to develop the talents of all children. Rather than acting as stewards charged with nurturing intellectual development, schools concertedly devalue intellect, and this shortcoming is most…
Descriptors: Anti Intellectualism, Capitalism, Educational Environment, Educational Principles