Foundations of Education

Semel (education, City College of New York) collects 12 selections from key works in the field of education to help aspiring teachers connect theories, practices, and educational organization and processes. Drawing from history, politics, sociology, and philosophy of education and citing the centrality and importance of these foundations in solving educational problems, she provides works by John Dewey, W.E.B. DuBois, Lawrence Cremin, Diane Ravitch, and others, who discuss such topics as the role of race, the progressive movement, the development of urban schools, radical vs. liberal approaches to education, inequality, teacher roles and professionalism, and ability grouping and tracking. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)