Books by Jane Roland Martin

Renowned as a feminist philosopher of education, the author charts her struggle to make the uresence of women felt in curriculum studies, at a time before feminist ideas were widely welcomed therein.

Drawing selectively from reform movements of the past and relating them to the unique needs of today's parents and children, Jane Martin presents a philosophy of education that is responsive to America's changed and changing realities.

An exploration of the plight of feminist scholars in the academy. Focuses on the notion that feminists have traded their idealism and concerns about their lived experiences for a place in the academy.

Attempts to challenge conventional wisdom that education consists of small, incremental changes. Using case studies of personal transformations, or metamorphoses, this book examines Malcolm X, Shaw's Eliza Doolittle, Victor of Aveyron and others to demonstrate how education is a fundamental determinant of the human condition.