The responsibility, character, and training of the American teacher is but one of the fivethemes to emerge from this new Counts reader, which summarizes the phi

George S. Counts was amajor figure in American education for almost fifty years. Republication of this early (1932) work draws special attention to Counts's rol

In 1932 George Counts, in his speech "Dare the School Build a New Social Order?" explicitly challenged teachers to develop a democratic, socialistic society. In

How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning proce

At a time of increasing pressure for teachers to become more professional and more technically competent, this book examines in a critical fashion whether teach