United by the belief that the most significant factor in shaping the minds of young people is the cultural setting in which learning takes place, the twenty eminent contributors to this volume present new thinking on education across the boundaries of school, home, work and community.[...]

For more than a quarter of a century, the polemics surrounding educational reform have centered on two points of view: those who favor a ?progressive? child-centered form of education, and those who would prefer a return to a more structured, teacher-directed curriculum, which emphasizes basic knowl[...]