Roots of Reform: Challenging the Assumptions That Control Change in Education.

Autor/inn/en	Astuto, Terry A.; und weitere
Institution	Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, Bloomington, IN.
Titel	Roots of Reform: Challenging the Assumptions That Control Change in Education.
Quelle	(1994), (103 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-87367-464-2
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Educational Change; Educational Philosophy; Educational Policy; Educational Principles; Elementary Secondary Education; Organizational Theories; School Organization; School Restructuring + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsprinzip; Organisationstheorie; School organisation; Schulorganisation; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung
Abstract	The education reform movement that began in the 1980s has produced disappointing and unsatisfactory results. This book asserts that the reform movement must be reformulated, and that this information is possible and even likely for a new and vigorous effort to save the children and the schools. It argues that the reform movement is rooted in a nested set of assumptions that constrain the proposition and implementation of change. The book's primary concern about the efficacy of American education is focused on the least-served population--children of poverty. Each chapter presents a set of controlling assumptions from each of the five domains of study: (1) the political context of education; (2) the social context of education; (3) the organizational structure of schools; (4) the people in educational organizations; and (5) the organizational and educational processes in schools. The final chapter presents alternative policies for reform, which ask the following questions: For whom are the benefits of education reform intended? Who are the reformers and where will the reform occur? What role could or should be played by government functionaries, academics, and advocates for reform, some of whom now believe they are the agents of reform? (LMI)
Anmerkungen	Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 408 N. Union, P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, IN 47402 ($9).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01