Education, ethics and the "cult of efficiency" : implications for values and leadership / Paul T. Begley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Begley, Paul Thomas, 1949-

Series:

Journal of educational administration ; v. 42, no. 2.

Journal of Educational Administration. No. 2 ; Vol. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Moral education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1962, historian Raymond E. Callahan argued that American educators had allowed themselves to become overly enchanted by Taylorite notions of scientific management and had adopted the techniques of the business-industrial world, to the detriment of the nation's students. Callahan's Education and the Cult of Efficiency not only offered a new and bold interpretation of the history of education in the twentieth century, but it also coined a phrase that continues to represent the constant struggle faced by educators as they seek to balance high-quality instructional practices with external calls

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Introduction; The infusion of corporate values into progressive education; Are education and efficiency antithetical?; Moral leadership in schools; Best interests of the student: an ethical model; The ethic of community; Re-examining race-based admissions processes of American institutions of higher education using multi-dimensional ethical perspectives; Best interests of students left behind?; Advocacy and administration: from conflict to collaboration

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51569-4

9786610515691

1-84544-742-5

OCLC:

70723915