The Culture of Education

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JEROME S. BRUNER. The Culture of Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996.240 pages. $24.95

At no time in recent memory has education been so critically analyzed (and some would say brutalized) for such an extended period. For more than a decade and a half, numerous studies have appeared about the quality of education in the United States, especially elementary and secondary education. Most studies, including the seminal report A Nation at Risk (1983), lament the declining quality of education and urge reformers to establish high academic standards, revise the curriculum, and restructure the schools. Reports have also articulated the need to have clearly defined …