Is Woolfolk kitsch? The sizzle and the steak

From: Canadian Journal of Education | Date: April 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Is Woolfolk Kitsch? The Sizzle and the Steak

Howard A. Smith queen's university

Through his review of a best - selling textbook in educational psychology, Sanders has broached some important issues that warrant public discussion. Accordingly, my purpose here is to respond to this review of Woolfolk (1995) under two main headings: (a) the sizzle, concerned mainly with Sanders' assertions about the Woolfolk "package," including the text's photographs and supplementary materials, and (b) the steak, commenting on the Woolfolk text's contents and the nature of educational psychology itself. ...

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