Changing American Education

Recapturing the Past or Inventing the Future?

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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School change and educational reform are discussed constantly by the media. Despite a decade of frenzied interest, there is little consensus on the most fundamental issues. The terminology of school reform remains unclear, obscured by ideological rhetoric. What is meant by terms such as "school restructuring," "site-based management," and "teacher education reform?" This book examines social changes affecting education; amplifies case studies of school change; and analyzes the gap between the rhetoric and reality of educational reform.Changing American Education examines both the nature of comprehensive, large-scale historical and social changes that contextualize educational reform, and amplifies the meaning of lessons learned by those who have assisted in change efforts. The authors draw upon rich case material that documents the possibilities and hazards awaiting those who undertake reform of educational practice and structures. They also examine how the rhetoric of educational change may fall short of the reality, as translated to processes and practices at different levels of the enterprise.

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Utgivningsdatum1994-04-28
Mått150 x 227 x 21 mm
Vikt581 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor416
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791416600

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Introduction I. Historical and Theoretical Background to Educational Change in the United States 1. Not All Caterpillars Become Butterflies: Reform and Restructuring as Educational ChangeNancy P Greenman 2. Certification to Credentialing: Reconstituting Control Mechanisms in Teacher EducationThomas S. Popkewitz and Marie Brennan 3. Is Change Always Good for Teachers? Gender, Class, and Teaching in HistoryMichael W. Apple 4. Pathways to Institutional Change: From the Deans' Network to the Holmes GroupBarbara Schneider and Stafford Hood 5. The 1989 Education Summit as a Defining Moment in the Politics of EducationSusan R. Martin 6. It Was More than a Thirty Years' War, but Instruction Won: The Demise of Education in the Industrial SocietyErwin V. Johanningmeier II Rhetoric versus Reform and Restructuring in the District and Community 7. Community Involvement and Staff Development in School ImprovementWilliam T. Pink and Kathryn M Borman 8. Monitoring the Implementation of Radical Reform: Restructuring the Chicago Public SchoolsG. Alfred Hess, Jr. and John Q. Easton 9. Educational Reform and the Urban School Superintendent: A DilemmaLouis Castenell, Cornell Brooks, and Patricia Z. Timm 10. Improving Parent Involvement as School Reform: Rhetoric or Reality?Marianne N. Bloch and B. Robert Tabachnick III. Rhetoric versus Reform and Restructuring in the School and Classroom 11. Can Multicultural Education Foster Transcultural Identities?Dorothy Angell 12. Using the Future to Create Community and Curricular ChangeJulie Binko 13. Interdisciplinary Teaming: Can It Increase the Social Bonding of Middle Level Students?Joanne M. Arhar 14. Beliefs, Symbols, and Realities: A Case Study of a School in TransitionW Wade Burley and Arthur S. Shapiro 15. Interactions among School and College Teachers: Toward Recognizing and Remaking Old PatternsChester H. Laine, Lucille M. Schultz, and M. Lynne Smith Contributors Index