Ideology and educational reform : themes and theories in public education
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Ideology and educational reform : themes and theories in public education
Westview Press, 1995
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Ideology & educational reform
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: pbk ISBN 9780813323404
Description
Ten years of educational reform have not brought dramatic improvements. In Ideology and Educational Reform, David Paris traces the underlying ideological problems that make genuine reform difficult. These include different and often conflicting beliefs concerning the proper role of public education as well as the publics natural ambivalence about schools as government agencies.Paris describes three major themes in public educationcommon school, human capital, and clientelism. He critically evaluates current policies and proposed reforms associated with each of these topics, including moral education, the school-economy relationship, school choice, and the delivery of social services. Paris proposes better ways for dealing with ideological problems in school practice, and he suggests appropriate directions for policy reform.
Table of Contents
The First Triangle: The Problems of Educational ReformThe Theoretical Mystique and Thematic AnalysisThe Common School Theme: Moral Education and the Tie that Binds. Schools, Scapegoats, and Skills: Educational Reform and the EconomyClientelism and the Odd Couple: Choice and Welfare in EducationThe Future of Educational Reform: Political Choices and School Culture
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ISBN 9780813323411
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Describing three major themes in public education in the USA - common school, human capital and clientelism - this book evaluates current policies and explores proposed reforms associated with each of these topics, including moral education, the school-economy relationship, and school choice.
Table of Contents
- The first triangle - the problems of educational reform
- the "theoretical mystique" - liberalism, neutrality and plurality
- the second triangle - themes in public education
- moral education - searching for the "ties that bind"
- schools, scapegoats and skills - education and the economy
- clientelism - individual needs and public policies
- toward a new common school.
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