A Critique of Radical Innovation as a Solution to Contemporary Problems of Education.

Autor/in	Baumrind, Diana
Titel	A Critique of Radical Innovation as a Solution to Contemporary Problems of Education.
Quelle	(1971), (48 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Authoritarianism; Conventional Instruction; Criteria; Curriculum Development; Curriculum Evaluation; Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Educational Planning; Educational Problems; Evaluation Criteria; Experimental Curriculum; Experimental Programs; Permissive Environment; Standards; Student Teacher Relationship; Teaching Methods; Traditional Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autoritarismus; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Bildungsreform; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungsplanung; Erprobungsprogramm; Standard; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Traditioneller Unterricht
Abstract	Without well-defined criteria for success, all radical innovations are doomed to failure. To facilitate successful experimentation the following are necessary: an outside agency to conduct evaluation; criteria of success acceptable to innovators and critics; and, in control and comparison groups, assessment and accounting of the initial versus final status of students, equation of the student-teacher ratio and education cost per student, and a similar high level teacher competency. These criteria will help to produce standards for decision-making by potential users of the innovation. (The opportunity to evaluate the integrated classroom as a radical innovation is available in Berkeley.) The following hypotheses about traditional programs should also be tested for comparative purposes: the most effective programs are those which assess the child's status and then devise applicable instruction; programs emphasizing intellectual abilities improve convergent, analytical thinking better than unguided discovery; effective remediation efforts require ability groupings or customized tutoring. A healthy educational environment depends upon educators who communicate meaningfully and know their subject matter, can behave rationally, value self-assertion and independence in children, and practice authoritative rather than authoritarian control or permissiveness. (JH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC