Review of The Eclipse of Reason: Reclaiming Western Education for Today, by Wilfred Carr

Autores

  • Robert E. Stake University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v33.4657

Resumo

In this insightful review, Bob Stake asks readers to consider the following question: "If Education is the question, is Reasoning the answer?"

Biografia do Autor

Robert E. Stake, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Robert E. Stake is emeritus professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a pioneering figure in program evaluation and qualitative research. After earning his Ph.D. in psychometrics from Princeton University in 1958, he served as a Psychometric Fellow at the Educational Testing Service (1955–1958) and as assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In 1963, Stake joined University of Illinois. Stake championed qualitative methods, particularly case study research, authoring influential books including The Art of Case Study Research (1995) and Qualitative Research: Studying How Things Work (2010). These two books appear in more than 3,500 course syllabuses worldwide. His evaluative studies span science and arts education, teacher education, gender equity, special education, and urban education reform. His honors include the Lazarsfeld Award from the American Evaluation Association (1988), the Presidential Citation from the American Educational Research Association (2007). He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Uppsala (Sweden) and University of Valladolid (Spain).

 

Referências

[Book reviewed] Carr, W. (2025). The eclipse of reason: Reclaiming Western education for today. Routledge.

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Publicado

2026-06-24

Como Citar

Stake, R. E. (2026). Review of The Eclipse of Reason: Reclaiming Western Education for Today, by Wilfred Carr. Resenhas Educativas/ANPEd, 33. https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v33.4657

Edição

v. 33 (2026)

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Resenhas de livros

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Copyright (c) 2026 Robert E. Stake

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