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OverviewThis book considers how American public education came to be the way it is today. It helps students to have a better sense of how the past informs the present and how questions regarding who is served best by the schools tell us about the goals and aspirations of present-day schools in America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eleanor Blair HiltyPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367319120ISBN 10: 0367319128 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 07 May 2019 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface -- Introduction -- What are the Aims and Purposes of Education -- Conflict and Consensus Revisited -- A Past for the Present -- Intellectual Capital -- Learning from the Past -- We Want It All -- Part I Additional Resources -- What Should be the Content of the Curriculum? -- The Shifting Ground of Curriculum Thought and Everyday Practice -- But That’s Just Good Teaching! -- The Banking Concept of Education -- Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality -- The Silenced Dialogue -- Part II Additional Resources -- What are the Roles and Responsibilities of Teacher Leaders? -- Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals -- On the Frontier of School Reform with Trailblazers, Pioneers, and Settlers -- How to Build Leadership Capacity -- Against the Grain -- What are we Doing Here? Building a Framework for Teaching -- Part III Additional Resources -- What are the Roles and Responsibilities of Students? -- Adequate Schools and Inadequate Education -- Educators, Homosexuality, and Homosexual Students -- At-Risk Children and the Common School Ideal -- Silencing and Nurturing Voice in an Improbable Context -- Standing for Students, Standing for Change -- Part IV Additional Resources -- What are the Issues that Impact Twenty-First-Century Schools? -- Grouping the Gifted and Talented -- Let’s Declare Education a Disaster and Get on with Our Lives -- The Professionally Challenged Teacher -- The Educational Costs of Standardization -- From “Separate but Equal” to “No Child Left Behind” -- Closing the Achievement Gap by Detracking -- Still Separate, Still Unequal -- Talking About Race, Learning About Racism -- Come and Listen to a Story -- Rethinking Education in a Technological World -- Part V Additional Resources -- CreditsReviewsAuthor InformationBlair Hilty, Eleanor Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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