Educational Foundations - Volume 5 - Special Theme Issue - The Politics of Education - Winter 1991

Oct 15, 2026

Special Theme Issue of Educational Foundations centered on “The Politics of Education,” compiling five articles that examine academic freedom, education and community-building within the European Community, and changing schooling conditions in the United States. The issue also addresses survival, change, and demands on America’s private schools, explores teachers’ role in education politics, and considers postmodern politics through the relationship between knowledge access and the evolving purpose of schooling.

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Introduction

Academic Freedom and Teaching Foundations of Education: A Personal Memoir

Education and Community-Building in the European Community: The Impact of 1992

Survival, Change, and Demands on America's Private Schools: Trends and Policies

The Politics of Teacher Authority

Toward a Postmodern Politics: Knowledge and Teachers

Editorial Overview

TITLE INSTITUTION SPONS AGENCY REPORT NO PUB DATE NOTE PUB TYPE JOURNAL CIT EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME The Politics of Education. Anerican Educationa1 Studies Association.Cincinnati Univ.,Ohio.ISSN-1047-824891119p. Collected Works -Serials(022)--Reports -Descriptive(141)Educational Foundations;v5 n1 spec iss Win 1991 MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. Academic Freedom;Educational Policy;ForeignCountries;*Foundations of Education;Higher Education;*Interdisciplinary Approach;*Politics ofEducation;Private Schools;Role of Education;Teacher Role;Teaching Experience This special theme issue of "Educational Foundations"contains five articles on the theme of "The Politics of Education."In Marie E.Wirsing's "Academic Freedom and Teaching Foundations ofEducation:A Personal Memoir,"the history of academic freedom,including the constant struggles to preserve it and examples ofsignificant infringement,are discussed.In "Education and Community-Building in the European Community:The Impact of 1992,"D. G.Mulcahy examines how the European Community has shaped and begunto implement educational policy.Bruce S.Cooper and Grace Donderodescribe the complexities and changes in schooling,religious life,and parental expectations in the United States over the past 25 yearsin "Survival,Change,and Demands on America's Private Schools:Trends and Policies."Paul Farber asks what part teachers play in thepolitics of education in "The Politics of Teacher Authority."In"Towards a Postmodern Politics:Knowledge and Teachers,"William J.Bain and Mustafa Umit Kiziltan suggest that the modern politics ofeducation has evolved out of concerns with access to knowledge(credentials)and that as a result the modern school is seen to holdthe promise of preparation for material wel1-being and thedevelopment of a more fully human being.(DB) **☆************************☆**☆*☆☆*****☆*******☆★*★**************☆***** U.3.DEPAATMENT OF EDUCATIONOMica of Educatronal Rearch and ImprovemantEDUCATIONALRESOURCES INFORMATIONCENTER(ERIC) tion (his document ha been reproducedreceived from the person or orgenizationoriginatng it □ Minor changes have bean made to improv raproduction quality ● Points of view or opinions statedinthrs docum:4 do not necessarily represent oficialOERI poston or policy Educational Special Theme Issue: 0一 The Politicsof Education ED353167 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THISMATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER(EF!C)." Volume 5Number IWinter 1991 G_/30/al Rec'd ArticlesA 41 Cn/ Avail SD/EC AmencanEducational SAssociationfocusing,on interdisCiplof the educational Toundations BEST COPY AALABLE Published by UL Sponsored by Caddo Gap Press the University of Cincinnati ERIC 2 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONSVolume 5,Number 1,Winter 1991 Co-Editors Kathryn M.BormanPatricia O'Reilly Departmcnt of Educational FoundationsUnivcrsity of Cincinnati Editorial Board Deborah Britzman,State University of New York at BinghamtonJames Covert,Memorial Univcrsity of NewfoundlandFrederick Erickson,University of PennsylvaniaJane Gaskell,University of British ColumbiaJames M.Giarelli,Rutgers UnivcrsityBeth Goldstein,University of Kentucky Maxine Grecnc,Teachers Collcge,Columbia UniversityAlan H.Jones,Caddo Gap Press Faustinc C.Joncs-Wilson,Howard UniversityGail Kelly,State Univcrsity of New York at BuffaloVictor N.Kobayashi,University of Hawaii,HonolaluMargaret LeComptc,University of Colorado,BovldcrPcter L.McLaren,Miami UniversityNcl Noddings,Stanford University William T.Pink,National College of EdvcationStcvcn Tozer,Univcrsity of IIlinois,Champaign-UrbanaLinda Valli,Catholic University of AmericaDonald R.Warrcn,Indiana UniversityMichael Washington,Northern Kentucky University Editorial Assistant Susan R.Martin Departmcnt of Educational FoundationsUnivcrsity of Cincinnati Caddo Gap Press Alan H.Joncs,PublisherSusan Holtze

FAQs

What is the central theme of this issue of Educational Foundations?

The issue is a special theme collection focused on “The Politics of Education.”

Which article discusses academic freedom through a personal account?

“Academic Freedom and Teaching Foundations of Education: A Personal Memoir” by Marie E. Wirsing.

How does the issue treat the role of teachers in politics of education?

It includes “The Politics of Teacher Authority” by Paul Farber and “Toward a Postmodern Politics: Knowledge and Teachers” by William J. Bain and Mustafa Umit Kiziltan.

Oct 15, 2026

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