Failure Educational Reform P: Can We Change Course Before It's Too Late? (Jossey-Bass Education) - Softcover

B. Sarason, Seymour

 
9781555426231: Failure Educational Reform P: Can We Change Course Before It's Too Late? (Jossey-Bass Education)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1555426239 ISBN 13: 9781555426231
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1993

Synopsis

Sarason challenges educators to understand that to continue tostruggle for 'power over' rather than 'power with' overlooks themutual interest of all parties that will stifle any real progressin education reform. In a classroom utilizing effective teachingpractices students would respond to the question, 'How do you ratethis book?' with all thumbs up.

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About the Author

SEYMOUR B. SARASON is professor emeritus of psychology in the Department of Psychology at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Case for Change: Rethinking the Preparation of Educators (Jossey-Bass, 1993) and You Are Thinking of Teaching? Opportunities, Problems, Realities (Jossey-Bass, 1993).

From the Back Cover

"Sarason challenges educators to understand that to continue to struggle for 'power over' rather than 'power with' overlooks the mutual interest of all parties that will stifle any real progress in education reform. In a classroom utilizing effective teaching practices students would respond to the question, 'How do you rate this book?' with all thumbs up." ―Choice

From the Inside Flap

Seymour B. Sarason examines why past attempts at reforming the nation's educational system have failed, and offers new perspectives on how reform must be approached for any chance of success in the future. He reveals the faulty assumptions on which past reforms have been based. For example, Sarason disputes the traditional belief that schools exist only or primarily for students―and contends that unless schools become places where educational personnel themselves can learn, change, and grow, those personnel cannot create and sustain favorable learning conditions for students. The book offers innovative answers to fundamental questions surrounding the reform of our education systems:

  • What should be our goals for students?
  • Why are schools often uninteresting places for students?
  • Why is there such discrepancy between how students perceive the world of school and how they perceive the world outside it?

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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1555426239
ISBN 13 
9781555426231
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
208

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