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9780072286618

Critical Issues in Education : Dialogues and Dialectics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780072286618

  • ISBN10:

    007228661X

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-08-23
  • Publisher: MCG
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Summary

Critical Issues in Education is designed to be used in courses that examine current, relevant pro-and-con disputes about schools and schooling. By exploring the major opposing viewpoints on these issues, the text encourages education students to think critically and develop their own viewpoints. The clear writing and dramatic dialectic approach are conducive to dynamic classroom discussions that help students grasp the many sides of these complex issues. Three integrating themes provide a solid framework for examining the nineteen topics covered. Each part begins with a chapter-length introduction that provides background material and organizing themes for the issues that follow. Each issue is then presented from two divergent viewpoints, each one written in advocate language to be as compelling as possible. The book's objective, in addition to informing the reader about the issues, is to develop critical thinking skills within the context of education. The fourth edition includes updated research and scholarship, updated bibliographic references, and three new chapters (“Beginning Reading – Is there one best approach to literacy?” “Gender – Should gender differences affect schools and schooling?” and “Mainstreaming and Inclusion – How should we provide for students with special needs?”).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Critical Issues and Critical Thinking

Part One: What Interests Should Schools Serve?

Chapter 2: School Choice: For Family Choice or Against Vouchers

Chapter 3: School Finance: Equity or Disparity

Chapter 4: School Integration: Compulsory or Voluntary

Chapter 5: Gender: Easing Discrimination or Making Legitimate Distinctions

Chapter 6: Affirmative Action: Progressive or Restrictive

Part Two: What Should Be Taught?

Chapter 7: Basic Education: Traditional Disciplines or Critical Thinking

Chapter 8: Reading: Phonics or Whole Language

Chapter 9: Multicultural Education: Representative or Divisive

Chapter 10: Curriculum Control: National or Local

Chapter 11: Values and Character: Traditional or Liberational

Chapter 12: Business Influence: Positive or Negative

Chapter 13: Standardized Testing: Restrict or Expand

Part Three: How Should Schools Be Organized and Operated?

Chapter 14: School Leadership: Teacher-Directed or Administrator-Controlled?

Chapter 15: Academic Freedom: Teacher Rights or Responsibility

Chapter 16: Teacher Unions: Detrimental or Beneficial

Chapter 17: Inclusion and Mainstreaming: Special or Common Education

Chapter 18: School Violence: School or Social Responsibility

Chapter 19: Privatization of Schools: Boon or Bane

Index

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