46. The
Ideology Of The Text: The Underground HIstory of American Education by John
Taylor Gatto from archive.org
The
Ideology Of The Text
Looking
back on the original period of school formation in her study of American
history textbooks, America Revised,
Frances Fitzgerald remarked on the profound changes that emerged following suggestions issued by
sociologists and social thinkers in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The original
history of our institutions and the
documents which protect our unique
liberties gradually began to be effaced. Fitzgerald raises the puzzle of textbook alteration: The ideology that lies behind these texts is rather difficult to define.... it does not fit usual political patterns.... the texts never indicate any line of action.... authors avoid what they choose to and some of them avoid main issues.... they fail to develop any original ideas. ...they confuse social sciences with science.... clouds of jargon.... leave out ideas. ...historical names are given no character, they are cipher people. ...there are no conflicts, only "problems' '. [emphasis added] Indeed, the texts may be unfathomable, and that may be the editorial intent.
liberties gradually began to be effaced. Fitzgerald raises the puzzle of textbook alteration: The ideology that lies behind these texts is rather difficult to define.... it does not fit usual political patterns.... the texts never indicate any line of action.... authors avoid what they choose to and some of them avoid main issues.... they fail to develop any original ideas. ...they confuse social sciences with science.... clouds of jargon.... leave out ideas. ...historical names are given no character, they are cipher people. ...there are no conflicts, only "problems' '. [emphasis added] Indeed, the texts may be unfathomable, and that may be the editorial intent.
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