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Education And Schooling
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Author : W. Kenneth Richmond
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-17
Education And Schooling written by W. Kenneth Richmond and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-17 with Education categories.
In the early 1970s the crisis in schools, particularly in urban areas, had escalated. At the same time a number of writers had advocated either the abolition or the recasting of the school system as a whole. The late Kenneth Richmond saw these phenomena as symptoms of a struggle towards a much-needed new theory and practice of education. Increasingly, he felt, it is realised that a schooled society is not synonymous with an educative society, and that learning which stops at the age of sixteen and which makes the learner the submissive receiver of instruction and training is simply inadequate in an age of technology. The ’generative theory’ of education outlined in this book, originally published in 1975, would conceive of the learner as the controlling agent in a network of educational resources, and of education as a lifelong process. Learning can no longer be confined within the frames and classifications imposed upon it by traditional pedagogy. Recent research evidence indicates that the importance attached to formal schooling is greatly exaggerated and that the financial and other resources devoted to the expansion of so-called educational services are largely wasted. There is a need, the author stresses, for a much wider definition of education – one that would recognise the validity of the numerous skills acquired outside the classroom (at home, in the peer group, at the work-place) and would deliberately foster a ‘school without walls’ policy, whereby community institutions and organizations could be used as learning environments. Only by taking steps in this direction, he believes, can we overcome the apparently intractable problems of the schools today.
The Public Purpose Of Education And Schooling
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Author : John I. Goodlad
language : en
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Release Date : 1997-03-12
The Public Purpose Of Education And Schooling written by John I. Goodlad and has been published by Jossey-Bass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-12 with Education categories.
"I have been waiting for this book for a decade. In an age in which the national debate on school reform is concerned principally with tactics and process, this volume focuses on the most important of all questions. What is the purpose of school? How do we know if a school is working? The authors are the most highly regarded names in education. This is an important book for anyone interested in schooling in America today." -- Arthur Levine, president, Teachers College, Columbia University
The Rebirth Of Education
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Author : Lant Pritchett
language : en
Publisher: CGD Books
Release Date : 2013-09-30
The Rebirth Of Education written by Lant Pritchett and has been published by CGD Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-30 with Education categories.
Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave without even the most basic skills. In India’s rural Andhra Pradesh, for instance, only about one in twenty children in fifth grade can perform basic arithmetic. The problem is that schooling is not the same as learning. In The Rebirth of Education, Lant Pritchett uses two metaphors from nature to explain why. The first draws on Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom’s book about the difference between centralized and decentralized organizations, The Starfish and the Spider. Schools systems tend be centralized and suffer from the limitations inherent in top-down designs. The second metaphor is the concept of isomorphic mimicry. Pritchett argues that many developing countries superficially imitate systems that were successful in other nations— much as a nonpoisonous snake mimics the look of a poisonous one. Pritchett argues that the solution is to allow functional systems to evolve locally out of an environment pressured for success. Such an ecosystem needs to be open to variety and experimentation, locally operated, and flexibly financed. The only main cost is ceding control; the reward would be the rebirth of education suited for today’s world.
The Rebirth Of Education
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Author : Lant Pritchett
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2013-10-14
The Rebirth Of Education written by Lant Pritchett and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-14 with Education categories.
Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave without even the most basic skills. In India's rural Andhra Pradesh, for instance, only about one in twenty children in fifth grade can perform basic arithmetic. The problem is that schooling is not the same as learning. In The Rebirth of Education, Lant Pritchett uses two metaphors from nature to explain why. The first draws on Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom's book about the difference between centralized and decentralized organizations, The Starfish and the Spider. Schools systems tend be centralized and suffer from the limitations inherent in top-down designs. The second metaphor is the concept of isomorphic mimicry. Pritchett argues that many developing countries superficially imitate systems that were successful in other nations— much as a nonpoisonous snake mimics the look of a poisonous one. Pritchett argues that the solution is to allow functional systems to evolve locally out of an environment pressured for success. Such an ecosystem needs to be open to variety and experimentation, locally operated, and flexibly financed. The only main cost is ceding control; the reward would be the rebirth of education suited for today's world.
National Differences Global Similarities
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Author : David Baker
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2005
National Differences Global Similarities written by David Baker and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Education categories.
Using US schools as a reference point, this book provides a description of schooling as a global institution. The authors draw on a four-year investigation conducted in 47 countries that examined many aspects of K-12 schooling. They discuss how world trends and the forces behind them will work to shape the directions education may take.
Towards Successful Schooling
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Author : Hugh Lauder
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-12-08
Towards Successful Schooling written by Hugh Lauder and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-08 with Education categories.
The editors have compiled this critical and comparative study of changes which took place in the New Zealand education system in the second half of the twentieth century. For other Western societies who have felt the impact of New Right policies the New Zealand case is interesting because it provides some indication of how policies of decentralization in education might be used to develop egalitarian and democratic educational policies. In recent years there have been major changes to educational systems in the Western world. Often these changes have been justified by reference to successful educational practices in other countries. However, it is not always possible simply to abstract educational practices from one context and apply them in another successfully. Moreover claims that policies in one country are more successful than those in another have to be treated cautiously: there are always problems in making valid comparisons between the educational performances of different countries. It is important, therefore, that critical and comparative studies are made of educational systems which take full account of the contexts in which they are embedded.
Wellbeing Education And Contemporary Schooling
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Author : Malcolm Thorburn
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-08-08
Wellbeing Education And Contemporary Schooling written by Malcolm Thorburn and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-08 with Education categories.
Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling examines the role of wellbeing in schools and argues that it should be integral to core policy objectives in health and education. The whole school focus chosen is conducive to the review of wellbeing in schools, and assists in better understanding the complex relationships between learners and teachers in policy contexts, where every teacher has a responsibility for learners’ wellbeing. By exploring a range of debates about the nature of wellbeing, the book shows how a child’s wellbeing is inseparable from their overall capacity to learn and achieve, and to become confident, self-assured and active citizens. Drawing on international curriculum developments, it considers the ways in which wellbeing could reshape educational aims in areas such as outdoor learning and aesthetic imagination, helping to inform programmes of professional learning for teachers. Separated into six parts, the book covers: philosophical perspectives on wellbeing policy perspectives on wellbeing professional perspectives on wellbeing practice perspectives on wellbeing future prospects for wellbeing a personal perspective on wellbeing. Examining ways in which wellbeing can become a central component of the ethos, culture and environment of contemporary schools, Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling is an invaluable guide for all students, teachers, researchers and policy makers with an interest in learning, teaching and children’s wellbeing.
Shaping The Culture Of Schooling
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Author : Cheryl Taylor Desmond
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1996-07-03
Shaping The Culture Of Schooling written by Cheryl Taylor Desmond and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-07-03 with Education categories.
Winner of the 1998 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Titles Focusing on the cultural history of the origins of outcome-based education (OBE), this book investigates the social and economic culture of Johnson City, New York, schools. OBE has often been proclaimed the salvation for ailing American schools and has spread to thousands of school districts throughout the United States. The reform has also been the lightning rod for fierce challenges from community members who oppose OBE's dismantling of the bell-shaped curve and its promotion of secular humanism. The author uncovers the messy business of school change and its deep roots in the values of the local community and economy. Grounding the story historically and theoretically, Desmond analyzes the reshaping of the Johnson City schools from a production mill for blue collar workers to a development center of technologically minded, middle-class, well-educated citizens. She argues that the heart of successful, synergistic school reform lies in the consensus that children have unlimited learning capacity and a long-term moral leadership that is committed to caring, reciprocal relationships of power.
Education And Schooling
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Author : John MacBeath
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-19
Education And Schooling written by John MacBeath and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-19 with Education categories.
The French have a sayingplus ca change plus cest la meme chose. The English colloquial equivalent ‘same old same old conveys a sense of the inevitable, a reminder that if we haven‘t learned the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat them. In over half a century, what have we learned about education, about schools as places for education, a
Learning About Education
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Author : David Hamilton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Learning About Education written by David Hamilton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Education categories.
This is an introductory text for students of education and will be of interest to those concerned about the future of education and schooling. It focuses upon the role that education and schooling have played in the creation, maintenance and transformation of the human species. It also considers the negative and positive consequences of schooling and education. The book invites readers to draw their own conclusions from many of its arguments.