ERIC Number: EJ493727
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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Interview with John Taylor Gatto.
Becker, Ellen
Journal of Family Life, v1 n1 p1-25 Fall 1994
Introduces ex-teacher and author John Taylor Gatto's experiences and views on education, including contradictory patterns of family life and education in the United States, based on traditions of various immigrant groups; deleterious impacts of standardization and institutional usurpation of family functions; and conflict between the development of individual genius, and education and television as tools of social engineering. (RAH)
Descriptors: Criticism, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Family Life, Family School Relationship, Government Role, Individualized Instruction, Interviews, Noncategorical Education, Nontraditional Education, Public Education, Social Action
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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