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Crisis in the Classroomreviewed by Maxine Greene — 1970This is a time of fundamental uncertainty about the future of
American society. Richard Hofstadter speaks of "a crisis of
the spirit"; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., of "an extreme crisis of
confidence." The pervasive malaise, the sense of unease have
inevitably affected thinking about the public schools. There are
those who would like to see the schools return to the teaching of
traditional pieties and become bulwarks against "anarchy,"
perhaps even against change. There are others who perceive the
schools as agents of a manipulative "establishment" and
assert that only a system of independent schools can liberate the
young to learn for themselves. It has long been assumed that
education is somehow related to social change; but, in recent
years, there has been little talk about how the schools
bring change about or what that change ought to be. In 1937, John
Dewey wrote that "the problem is not whether the schools
should participate in the production of a future
society (since they do anyway) but... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Maxine Greene
Teachers College, Columbia University
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Title: Crisis in the Classroom
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