Excellence in Education

by Altbach, Philip G.; Kelly, Gail Paradise; Weis, Lois

• ISBN13: 9780879752965
• ISBN10: 0879752963
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1985-11-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

Essays discuss the political, social, and economic aspects of education, reform movements, school curriculum, teachers, discrimination, and trends in education

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Note	p. 12
The Great Education """"Crisis""""	p. 13
Notes	p. 27
The Excellence Reports: an Overview	p. 29
Setting the Boundaries of Debate About Education	p. 31
Notes	p. 41
Reflections on the Great Debate	p. 43
Note	p. 55
Did the Education Commissions Say Anthing?	p. 57
The Social, Political, and Economic Context	p. 73
Political and Economic Analysis	p. 75
Notes	p. 88
Educational Reports and Economic Realities	p. 91
Notes	p. 103
Main-Traveled Road or Fast Track: the Liberal and Technical in Higher Education Reform	p. 107
Notes	p. 121
Current Reforms and the Legacy of the Sixties	p. 125
The Struggle for Excellence in Urban Education	p. 127
Notes	p. 138
Equality, Equity, and Excellence: A Critique	p. 139
Notes	p. 156
""""...for the Short and Long Term...""""	p. 161
Reform and Educational Practice	p. 169
Curriculum and the School Work Culture	p. 171
Notes	p. 180
Teacher Culture and the Irony of School Reforme	p. 183
Notes	p. 201
Teachers and Reform	p. 203
""""Excellence"""" and Student Class, Race, and Gender Cultures	p. 217
Notes	p. 229
Educational Reform and Teacher Education	p. 233
Notes	p. 248
Historical Perspective	p. 251
Considerations: Historical Perspectives on Reform in New York State	p. 253
The Excellence Debates: A Select Bibliography	p. 275
Contributors	p. 289
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