The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

The End of Education Redefining the Value of School

Paperback • 1996 • English

The End of Education Redefining the Value of School

By Neil Postman

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supply students with a translucent, unifying "narrative" like those that inspired earlier generations. Instead, today's schools promote the false "gods" of economic utility, consumerism, or ethnic separatism and resentment. What alternative strategies can we use to instill our children with a sense of global citizenship, healthy intellectual skepticism, respect of America's traditions, and appreciation...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780679750314

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

The End of Education Redefining the Value of School

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Schools and societies

Schools and societies

Steven Brint

The Case Against Education

The Case Against Education

Bryan Caplan

Natural Born Learners

Natural Born Learners

Alex Beard

The Death of Expertise

The Death of Expertise

Tom Nichols

The Death and Life of the Great American School System How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

The Death and Life of the Great American School System How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

Diane Ravitch

Flip the System Changing Education from the Ground Up

Flip the System Changing Education from the Ground Up

Jelmer Evers

Education and Equality

Education and Equality

Danielle Allen

Education and Technology

Education and Technology

Australia) Selwyn Neil (Monash University

Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Clayton M. Christensen

Free to Learn

Free to Learn

Peter Gray

The Schooled Society

The Schooled Society

David Baker

Discontinuity in Learning

Discontinuity in Learning

Andrea English

Education, Justice, and Democracy

Education, Justice, and Democracy

Danielle Allen

Closing of the American Mind How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Closing of the American Mind How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Allan Bloom

Revolutionary Minds

Revolutionary Minds

Paul Herder

Developing Equitable Education Systems

Developing Equitable Education Systems

Mel Ainscow

A New Culture of Learning Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change

A New Culture of Learning Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change

Douglas Thomas

Democracy and edication

Democracy and edication

John Dewey

Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition

Disrupting Class, Expanded Edition

Clayton Christensen

Taking Care of Youth and the Generations

Taking Care of Youth and the Generations

Bernard Stiegler

Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective

Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective

Alan Cribb

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

James W. Stigler

The Child and the Curriculum Including, the School and Society

The Child and the Curriculum Including, the School and Society

John Dewey

Culture of the New Capitalism

Culture of the New Capitalism

The new meaning of educational change

The new meaning of educational change

Michael Fullan

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

America's Global Responsibility Individuation, Initiation and Threefolding

America's Global Responsibility Individuation, Initiation and Threefolding

J. Ben-Ahron

Deschooling Society

Deschooling Society

Ivan Illich

Learning for Life in the 21st Century

Learning for Life in the 21st Century

Gordon Wells

The Twilight of American Culture

The Twilight of American Culture

Morris Berman

Experience and Education

Experience and Education

John Dewey

The Disappearance of Childhood

The Disappearance of Childhood

Neil Postman

Beyond the Culture Wars

Beyond the Culture Wars

Gerald Graff

Beyond the Culture Wars How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education

Beyond the Culture Wars How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education

Gerald Graff

Teaching As a Subversive Activity A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Outdated Teaching Methods-with Dramatic and Practical Proposals on How Education Can Be Made Relevant to Today's World

Teaching As a Subversive Activity A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Outdated Teaching Methods-with Dramatic and Practical Proposals on How Education Can Be Made Relevant to Today's World

Neil Postman

The Good University

The Good University

Raewyn Connell

The End of Theory

The End of Theory

Richard Bookstaber