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The Case for Change: Rethinking the Preparation of Educators (Jossey-Bass Education) - Hardcover

Sarason, Seymour B.

 
9781555425043: The Case for Change: Rethinking the Preparation of Educators (Jossey-Bass Education)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1555425046 ISBN 13: 9781555425043
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1993

Synopsis

So many reformers talk about fundamental changes in schoolingwithout understanding what such deep changes entail for children,teachers, and administrators. Seymour Sarason does. In hisprovocative, mind-bAnding and passionate style, Sarason againargues against short-term repairs of schools. He seeks long-termprevention and he sees the lever, as John Goodlad did, in thepreparation of teachers. Add this to your small library of wisdomabout school reform.

?Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University.

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About the Author

SEYMOUR B. SARASON is professor emeritus of psychology in the Department of Psychology and at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform (Jossey-Bass, 1990), and The Making of an American Psychologist: An Autobiography (Jossey-Bass, 1988).

From the Back Cover

"So many reformers talk about fundamental changes in schooling without understanding what such deep changes entail for children, teachers, and administrators. Seymour Sarason does. In his provocative, mind-bending and passionate style, Sarason again argues against short-term repairs of schools. He seeks long-term prevention and he sees the lever, as John Goodlad did, in the preparation of teachers. Add this to your small library of wisdom about school reform."
--Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University

From the Inside Flap

"So many reformers talk about fundamental changes in schooling without understanding what such deep changes entail for children, teachers, and administrators. Seymour Sarason does. In his provocative, mind-bending and passionate style, Sarason again argues against short-term repairs of schools. He seeks long-term prevention and he sees the lever, as John Goodlad did, in the preparation of teachers. Add this to your small library of wisdom about school reform."
--Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University

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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1555425046
ISBN 13 
9781555425043
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
307