Anti-intellectualism and education reform
Neem J.N.
2020
Phi Delta Kappan
2
10.1177/0031721720917523
It is a strange and sobering experience to read Hofstadter in our own anti-intellectual era. If anything, left-leaning intellectuals’ sense of alienation has increased since the 1990s. To challenge anti-intellectualism in American education, the liberal arts and sciences will need to be restored to their central place in the curriculum. © 2020 by Phi Delta Kappa International.
academic; anti-intellectualism; business; Common Core; curriculum; goals; Hofstadter; intellectual; liberal arts; liberal education; Mann; school; utilitarian
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