Critical Issues in Education
A Dialectic Approach
3rd Edition
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
446 pages
978-0-07-046212-0 (ISBN)
Description
Aimed at courses in the undergraduate and graduate teacher education curriculum, this text aims to inform readers about the issues involved and to develop critical thinking skills within the context of education.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-046212-0 (9780070462120)
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Content
Introduction: unity and diversity in schooling. Part 1 Liberty versus equality in education: family choice in education; child welfare; school finance; school integration; affirmative action. Part 2 What should be taught: basic education versus critical thinking; multicultural studies; curriculum control; values, traditional or liberative; business influence; standardized testing. Part 3 How should schools be organized and operated: school leadership; academic freedom/academic responsibility; teacher unions; privatization of schools; school violence; excellence, equality and reform.