Changing American Education: Recapturing the Past or Inventing the Future? (Teacher Prep and Development)

Kathryn M. Borman, Nancy P. Greenman

ISBN 10: 0791416607 / ISBN 13: 9780791416600

Published by SUNY Press, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing American Education: Recapturing the Past or Inventing the Future? (Teacher Prep and Development)
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791416607
• ISBN 13: 9780791416600
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

School change and educational reform are discussed constantly by the media. Despite a decade of frenzied interest, there is little consensus on the most fundamental issues. The terminology of school reform remains unclear, obscured by ideological rhetoric. What is meant by terms such as "school restructuring," "site-based management," and "teacher education reform?" This book examines social changes affecting education; amplifies case studies of school change; and analyzes the gap between the rhetoric and reality of educational reform.

Changing American Education examines both the nature of comprehensive, large-scale historical and social changes that contextualize educational reform, and amplifies the meaning of lessons learned by those who have assisted in change efforts. The authors draw upon rich case material that documents the possibilities and hazards awaiting those who undertake reform of educational practice and structures. They also examine how the rhetoric of educational change may fall short of the reality, as translated to processes and practices at different levels of the enterprise.

About the Author

Kathryn M. Borman is Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Education at the University of Cincinnati. Nancy P. Greenman is Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education at the University of South Florida, Tampa.