Download or read book The Moral & Spiritual Crisis in Education written by David E. Purpel and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1989 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpel . . . ably complements the economic and political focus of critical pedagogy by shedding new light on spiritual and moral dimensions of public discourse. His book is a welcome addition to the literature in that it articulately scrutinizes the interface of culture and education and attendant trivialization of school reform. . . . While his marvelous book offers only several examples of just schools, it enormously enriches a still unfinished dialectic. Choice Purpel's research is exhaustive, his writing elegant, and his suggestions for students and teachers impressive. The Book Reader