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| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 1994-11 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780804765770 |
This book examines the current debates about the curriculum in historical context and offers considerations for the future.
| Author | : Sandra Mathison |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 777 |
| Release | : 2007-12-30 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0313086532 |
No topic sparks an argument faster among the American public, even with relatively apolitical people, than how their children are taught. In schools across the country, school boards, parents, teachers, and students themselves debate issues ranging from charter schools, to the first amendment rights of students, to the efficacy of the No Child Left Behind Act. School districts in Georgia and Pennsylvania have seen battles over the teaching of evolution; places as diverse as Colorado, Washington, and Kentucky have had debates over how best to protect children while at school. Battleground: Schools provides an in-depth, balanced overview of these controversial topics and enables teachers, students, and their parents to better understand the foundations of these conflicts.
| Author | : A. Hartman |
| Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-04-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780230338975 |
Shortly after the Russians launched Sputnik in 1957, Hannah Arendt quipped that "only in America could a crisis in education actually become a factor in politics." The Cold War battle for the American school - dramatized but not initiated by Sputnik - proved Arendt correct. The schools served as a battleground in the ideological conflicts of the 1950s. Beginning with the genealogy of progressive education, and ending with the formation of New Left and New Right thought, Education and the Cold War offers a fresh perspective on the postwar transformation in U.S. political culture by way of an examination of the educational history of that era.
| Author | : Melissa Benn |
| Publisher | : Verso Books |
| Total Pages | : 277 |
| Release | : 2011-11-21 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1844677362 |
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| Author | : Sandra Mathison |
| Publisher | : Greenwood |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on ninety-three controversial public education issues in the United States, including afterschool programs, class size, dropouts, nutrition in school, sexuality education, textbooks, and more.
| Author | : Cynthia A. Wells |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 2016-01-11 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 111924465X |
General education is widely touted as an enduring distinctive of higher education, but what do we actually mean by general education? Differing perspectives not only make it challenging to consider its significance, but also open it up to a wide range of determinations regarding its effectiveness. This volume aims to sharpen understanding of the complex picture of general education by: describing how various conceptions of general education evolved historically, identifying various functions expected of general education in the contemporary context, and pointing out the educational practices that fulfill general education’s aims in the current context. The conceptions of, and aspirations for, general education are consequential. This volume disentangles the divergent conceptions that hinder its renewal and considers the range of avenues for realizing its effectiveness. This is the second issue of the 42nd volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.
| Author | : C.M. Mulcahy |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 211 |
| Release | : 2014-12-05 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1317932900 |
Recent years have shown the growth of federal legislation and programs having a profound impact on educational policy and practice, and a decline in reliance on broadly based educational justifications. Paralleling this development has been the emergence of well-endowed and influential private foundations, and an increase in corporate influence in shaping policy. In this volume the authors consider the discourse, rhetoric, and underlying values that sustain these developments alongside those that underlie more longstanding and competing educational theories and practices. This volume highlights the importance of recognizing opposing conceptualizations of education—some more educationally productive than others— and their core values, approaches to student learning, strengths and weaknesses, and justification. The authors analyze and critique what Jane Roland Martin has referred to as ‘the deep structure of educational thought’, and seek improved educational policy and practice with particular reference to curriculum and pedagogy. It features a comparative analysis of competing discourses including autocratic control, limited personal development, and praxis.
| Author | : Roger L. Geiger |
| Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 2002-01-01 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9781412825238 |
| Author | : Philip G. Altbach |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 2003-04-30 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0801874564 |
The current era in higher education is characterized by increased need for accountability and fiscal constraint coupled with demands for increased productivity. Higher education is expected to meet the demand of changing student demographics, as well as requests for research and service from government and industry. To preserve the academy's ability to meet these demands, the editors and contributors to this volume argue that, while change is inevitable and desirable, any radical alterations to the practices that have established and upheld the excellence of higher education in the United States must be carefully considered.The editors and contributors cherish the best ideals of higher education: academic freedom, commitment to both inquiry and teaching, and preservation of an independence of mind and spirit in the face of external pressures. At the same time, the authors of these essays also reflect upon the failings of higher education, including problematic historical legacies such as racism, sexism, and anti-semitism. In Defense of American Higher Education is a careful analysis of what we have inherited, undertaken with a critical eye for constructive reform. It will be of interest to anyone concerned about the future of American higher education.
