Reforming Education
The Emerging Systemic Approach
1st Edition
Published on 30. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-8039-6099-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume, leading educators and researchers examine current and future educational reforms and assess the restructuring that has occurred over the past decade in the US and other developed countries.
Beginning with American school reform initiatives in the 80's and 90's, contributors go on to examine initiatives in Britain, Canada and Germany. The final section of the book considers the future of school reform in light of the changing realities of the 90's, concluding with a look at rapidly changing national economies, the increasing politicization of education policy, and the likely consequences of these changes on schools and educators.
Beginning with American school reform initiatives in the 80's and 90's, contributors go on to examine initiatives in Britain, Canada and Germany. The final section of the book considers the future of school reform in light of the changing realities of the 90's, concluding with a look at rapidly changing national economies, the increasing politicization of education policy, and the likely consequences of these changes on schools and educators.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-6099-2 (9780803960992)
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Content
PART ONE: REFORM INITIATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES
School Reform in the United States - Susan H Fuhrman, Richard F Elmore and Diane Massell
Putting It Into Context
Cooperative Performance Incentives in Education - Craig E Richards, Daniel Fishbein and Paula Melville
`Professionalizing' Teaching by Expanding Teachers' Roles - Betty Malen
Decentralization and Community Control - G Alfred Hess Jr
Negotiating Reform - Julia E Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner
Preliminary Findings
Educational Choice - Bruce S Cooper
The `Logics of Action' of School Constituents
Cost Analysis as a Tool for Education Reform - David H Monk and Jennifer A King
PART TWO: REFORM INITIATIVES ABROAD
International School Reform - Frances C Fowler, William L Boyd and David N Plank
Political Considerations
Pursuit of School Quality in England and Wales - Peter Ribbins and Hywel Thomas
Benevolence in Canadian Public Schools - Daniel J Brown
Educational Transformations in a `United' Germany - Manfred Weiss and Wolfgang Mitter
PART THREE: SCHOOL REFORM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
School Reform and the `New World Order' - James W Guthrie
School Reform in the United States - Susan H Fuhrman, Richard F Elmore and Diane Massell
Putting It Into Context
Cooperative Performance Incentives in Education - Craig E Richards, Daniel Fishbein and Paula Melville
`Professionalizing' Teaching by Expanding Teachers' Roles - Betty Malen
Decentralization and Community Control - G Alfred Hess Jr
Negotiating Reform - Julia E Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner
Preliminary Findings
Educational Choice - Bruce S Cooper
The `Logics of Action' of School Constituents
Cost Analysis as a Tool for Education Reform - David H Monk and Jennifer A King
PART TWO: REFORM INITIATIVES ABROAD
International School Reform - Frances C Fowler, William L Boyd and David N Plank
Political Considerations
Pursuit of School Quality in England and Wales - Peter Ribbins and Hywel Thomas
Benevolence in Canadian Public Schools - Daniel J Brown
Educational Transformations in a `United' Germany - Manfred Weiss and Wolfgang Mitter
PART THREE: SCHOOL REFORM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
School Reform and the `New World Order' - James W Guthrie