Educational Reform: The Forgotten Half. Fastback 252.

Autor/in	Lauderdale, William Burt
Institution	Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, Bloomington, IN.
Titel	Educational Reform: The Forgotten Half. Fastback 252.
Quelle	(1987), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-87367-252-6
Schlagwörter	Change Agents; Educational Change; Educational History; Educational Opportunities; Educational Responsibility; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Progressive Education; Role of Education; Thematic Approach; United States History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Erziehungsverantwortung; Bildungsentwicklung; Reformpädagogik; Progressive Erziehung; Bildungsauftrag; Themenzentrierter Unterricht
Abstract	By examining the trends in equity and academic excellence, this monograph interprets America's history of educational reform. The first section, "The Legacy of Reform," analyzes themes after colonial times. William Penn and Benjamin Franklin advocated humanitarian, middle-class education following the American Revolution. By the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the nation sensed an urgency about schooling. Thomas Jefferson advanced opportunities by state-financed schools. The competing social forces of frontier and industrial expansion developed the common school movement; Horace Mann increased support for public education. The dialectic between classical European excellence and equity, however, did not produce equality of opportunity. Progressive education, the 20th century's major ideology, broadened schooling's role through individual student focus and open, democratic classrooms promoted by John Dewey. "Contemporary Reform Issues," section 2, concludes that equity and academic excellence often coexist as traditional dichotomies, but can attain resolution. Desegregation demonstrates commitment to comprehensive equity. Expanded opportunities require time; reforms should not ignore schools' increased responsibilities. If "A Nation at Risk" became the national agenda, disadvantaged students would be left in the wake. Rather than through national mandate, the alternative is a pluralistic approach wherein local experiments encourage excellence. The quality of educational change is ultimately measured by the principle of just treatment for all. (CJH)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC