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 The Preface sets forth the general assumptions underlying the book. It argues that the book is intended as a challenge to more traditional Foundations of Education textbooks. Its purpose is to direct its readers to many of the most interesting and vital issues in the field and in our culture in general. A postmodern perspective is emphasized in which change and complexity are seen as constants in the teaching profession and American culture. The idea of teacher as “border crosser” is emphasized, along with the idea that schools must be understood in the context of the larger communities in which they are located.
The following links follow-up on major themes and topics discussed in the Preface.
Links to the anthroplogist Gregory Bateson can be found at:
Gregory Bateson (Brief Biography)
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/information/biography/abcde/bateson_grego ry.html
The Patten Which Connects
http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/environmental_studies/bateson.html
Ecology of Mind
http://www.oikos.org/baten.htm#WWW
Gregory Bateson
http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/bateson.htm
For background on the literary canon visit:
Literary Canon
http://65.107.211.206/canon/litcan.html
Web sites that deal with Robert J. Lifton and his ideas can be found at:
Conversations with Robert Lifton
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Lifton/lifton-con0.html
The Protean Self
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226480984/inktomi-bkasin-20/0 02-0124783-3771232
The figure of Proteus is described in Ovid’s Metamorphosis.
The Changes of Proteus (Found in an online version of Ovid’s Metamorphosis.
http://classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.8.eighth.html
For background on Henry Giroux visit:
Interview with Henry Giroux
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/campus/uwsa/Giroux.htm
Border Crossing
http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/Booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?sourceid=38876 305&sourceid=00388763055020839164&bfdate=12-03-2001+10:39:01&e an=9780415904674&bfinfo=8000_1007393755866-12556
Women’s issues are discussed at:
National Organization for Women
http://63.111.42.146/home/
Feminisms
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/lst2.html
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