Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index.
Rereading the Pygmalion myth
The journey from nature to culture
Life as a chronology of ichanges
Educational metamorphoses as culture crossings
Varieties of metamorphoses
Circulating the gift of education.
A pre-eminent philosopher of education in the United States, Jane Roland Martin challenges conventional wisdom that education consists of small, incremental changes. Using case studies of personal transformations, or metamorphoses, Martin examines Malcolm X, Shaw's Eliza Doolittle, Victor of Aveyron and others to demonstrate how education is a fundamental determinant of the human condition. (source: Nielsen Book Data)