Liberty and Learning: Academic Freedom for Teachers and Students
"I strongly encourage teachers, administrators, districts, and state boards of education to make time to read this book together. David Moshman's flawless research, probing questions, and insightful principles will lay the foundation for a new era in academic freedom, perhaps prompting school systems to create strong policies to guard against challenges to intellectual freedom." -ReLeah Cossett Lent Co-author of At the Schoolhouse Gate: Lessons in Intellectual Freedom Academic freedom,...
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Academic freedom, argues David Moshman, is neither a special privilege of college faculty nor a First Amendment right of individual teachers and students. Rather, academic freedom is intellectual freedom in academic contexts, consisting of five principles that everyone is obligated to respect:Freedom of belief and identity Freedom of expression and discussion Freedom of inquiry Freedom from indoctrination Rights of equality, privacy, and due processMoshman succinctly shows readers how these principles resolve some of the most intractable problems facing education today. On matters ranging from evolution to sex education to the literary canon, his principles address the concerns of teachers, administrators, students, parents, and their communities alike, providing tools that promote real student learning and thinking.
Foreword Releah Cossett Lent viiPreface xiPart 1 Liberty, Learning, and Academic Freedom 1Chapter 1 With Liberty for Whom? 3Institutional Autonomy 4Faculty Autonomy 5Student Rights 6Parental Authority 8Education By and For the Community 9Conclusion: Academic Freedom as Intellectual Freedom 11A Legal Interlude 13Chapter 2 The Constitutionalization of Academic Freedom 15Freedom from Indoctrination West Virginia v. Barnette 16Keyishian v. Board of Regents: Intellectual Freedom in Education 22Chapter 3 From Armbands to Bong Hits in the U.S. Supreme Court 30Freedom of Expression Tinker v. Des Moines 30School Authority over Curriculum Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier 32Bong Hits 4 Jesus Morse v. Frederick 40Conclusion 42Chapter 4 Principles of Academic Freedom 461 Freedom of Belief and Identity 472 Freedom of Expression and Discussion 483 Freedom of Inquiry 504 Freedom from Indoctrination 515 Equality, Privacy, and Due Process 54Conclusion 55Part 2 Academic Freedom in Practice 57Chapter 5 Canon to the Right of Us, Canon to the Left: Literature, Selection, and Censorship 59Chapter 6 Apes and Evolutionists: Biology and Ideology 72Chapter 7 "Don't Know Much About History": Genocide, Denial, and Indoctrination 86Chapter 8 Tolerating the Intolerant: Bad Words and Worse 98Chapter 9 The Birds, the Bees, and the Censors: Sex Education and Its Discontents 108Chapter 10 Doing Right and Being Good: Morality, Values, and Character 120Chapter 11 Ultimate Questions: Religion and Beyond 132Appendix Principles of Academic Freedom 143Book Study 145References and SuggestedReadings 147Index 155
