Revolutionizing America's schools / Carl D. Glickman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glickman, Carl D.

Series:

Jossey-Bass education series

The Jossey-Bass education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Education--Aims and objectives.

United States.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 207 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass Publishers, [1998]

Summary:

An esteemed veteran of numerous school reform efforts tackles education's most urgent questions. Educator Carl D. Glickman shows how to narrow the gap between democratic aspirations and practice and what schools must do, day-to-day, to teach and carry out the ideals of Jeffersonian democracy.

Contents:

Introduction : a vision of democracy

On democracy. Democracy : what is it? Democracy and education. Ambiguity and informed minds

On pedagogy. Powerful learning. School structures for teaching. Teacher education and public schools. Governing for the future

On getting beyond. Wealth and welfare. Isms and reasons. Religion, secular humanism, and ?geese. ?Who owns the child? Constitutional hope for education

On differences. Race and education. Suffrage, gender, and listening. From our ancestors

On change. Finding room for school change. Listening to students. Leadership for democracy

Conclusion : democracy as education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index.

ISBN:

0787909440

OCLC:

36713016