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In Teaching Values, Ron Scapp wrests the discussion of values and values-based education away from traditionalists who have long dominated educational debates. While challenging the Right's domination of the discussion of values education, Scapp examines some issues not typically raised by educators and critics on the Left, including the positive role of citizenship and national identity in U.S. education and culture.

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book is an appeal to those directly and indirectly involved in education reform to reconsider the very nature of education as a process of transformation and not, as the neoliberal corporate model insists upon, as a “product.” By using Paulo Freire’s fundamental principle of understanding “education as the practice of freedom,” and expanding upon it with bell hooks’ own spiritual understanding of that principle, this book offers readers the opportunity to rethink what education is, and what it is not. Utilizing the work of diverse thinkers and critics, the book lays out a criticism of neoliberalism’s profound influence on education reform and our culture generally. It reaffirms the political and ethical import of education for individuals and for our nation as a whole.

Presenting a scholarly multi-course perspective on one of life's main occupations, 22 diverse contributors--from philosophy professors to the restaurant critic for the Village Voice-- approach the Rorschach of eating. Themes include: hunger as ideology, eating and AIDS in gay men's culture, the onus of eating out by oneself, the relationship between eating and sensuality, performance art as "feeding" an audience, the primal pan of soul food, myths about consumption, and the cultural role of Bubbie's challah. Bandw photos of food-related avant garde art and history reinforce the complexity of the topic. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The bulk of the photographs of Ron Emler document his liasons and travel. He traveled in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, the majority of the photographs document his experiences in Southeast Asia. The collection also includes about 30 greetings cards and photographs of his extended family and friends, as well as documenting Elmer's civic involvement in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.