And Merely Teach Irreverent Essays on the Mythology of Education

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Arthur E. Lean's irreverent and con­troversial essays represent the distillation of many ideas about educationideas developed during most of a lifetime spent in and about schools. In the second edition of this popular work, to which he has added eight new essays, he presents his latest observations on current ele­ments and programs in educationsuch as the grading system, academic rank, the teaching process, assessment of edu­cational progressconcluding that many of them are not only unnecessary but actually harmful to the very process which they are supposed to serve. Covering a broad spectrum of current issues in its criticism of American edu­cation at all levels,And Merely Teachis a book to be read by veteran educator, beginning teacher, and lay citizen alike. Though critical of the teaching profes­sion, Arthur Lean also offers constructive suggestions in the form of practical solu­tions that are urgently needed to save our ailing educational system.