The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling, Mehta Jal
Автор: Bjork Christopher Название: High-stakes schooling ISBN: 022630941X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226309415 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4118 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: If there is one thing that describes the trajectory of American education, it is this: more high-stakes testing. In the United States, the debates surrounding this trajectory can be so fierce that it feels like we are in uncharted waters. As Christopher Bjork reminds us in this study, however, we are not the first to make testing so central to education: Japan has been doing it for decades. Drawing on Japan's experiences with testing, overtesting, and recent reforms to relax educational pressures, he sheds light on the best path forward for US schools.
Bjork asks a variety of important questions related to testing and reform: Does testing overburden students? Does it impede innovation and encourage conformity? Can a system anchored by examination be reshaped to nurture creativity and curiosity? How should any reforms be implemented by teachers? Each chapter explores questions like these with careful attention to the actual effects policies have had on schools in Japan and other Asian settings, and each draws direct parallels to issues that US schools currently face. Offering a wake-up call for American education, Bjork ultimately cautions that the accountability-driven practice of standardized testing might very well exacerbate the precise problems it is trying to solve.
Описание: After many disappointing seasons during the 1930s, the 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates looked like they were finally poised to claim their first National League pennant since 1927. A hot streak during June and July propelled manager Pie Traynor's squad into first place. After holding down the top spot for more than two months, Pittsburgh could not hold off the charging Chicago Cubs and experienced one of the most monumental collapses in baseball history. This detailed historical account examines the entire 1938 season, while also looking at the players and events that were a major part of this star-crossed season.
Описание: The Allure of Order traces the cyclical efforts to `order` American schooling over the course of the twentieth century, from 1920s reform efforts up through No Child Left Behind and the current school accountability movement. The book explores why reformers from both the left and right have repeatedly placed such high hopes in these reforms and why teachers and schools have been unable to resist these external reformers. As he shows, the measurable hasrepeatedly crowded out the educationally meaningful, and reforms have never realized the hopes that teachers and reformers placed in them.
Автор: Glenn Название: African-American/Afro-Canadian Schooling ISBN: 0230114164 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230114166 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9083 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tracing the history of black schooling in North America, this book emphasizes factors in society at large - and sometimes within black communities - which led to black children being separate from the white majority.
Автор: Kafka Judith Название: History of Zero Tolerance in American Public Schooling ISBN: 1137366532 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137366535 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 3772 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling, showing the motives behind the implementation today`s widespread strict discipline policies and the racial inequities that have resulted.
Автор: Glenn Название: American Indian/First Nations Schooling ISBN: 0230114202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230114203 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12157 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Tracing the history of Native American schooling in North America, this book emphasizes factors in society at large - and sometimes within indigenous communities - which led to Native American children being separate from the white majority.
Автор: VanOverbeke Название: The Standardization of American Schooling ISBN: 0230606288 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230606289 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the efforts of educational reformers who sought to link secondary and higher education in the decades after 1870.
Описание: Ethnic Differences, first published in 1989, explores how and why the Irish, Italians, Jews, and blacks of Providence, Rhode Island differed in their schooling and economic success. The book offers an integrated study of American ethnicity, education, and social structure.
Описание: The American racial order - the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation`s races and ethnicities - is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s. This book looks at the reasons behind this dramatic change, and considers how different groups of Americans are being affected.
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