J. M. Beach

Can We Measure What Matters Most?

Why Educational Accountability Metrics Lower Student Learning and Demoralize Teachers

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the idea of educational accountability, which has become a new secular gospel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781475862287
• ISBN-10: 1475862288
• Artikelnr.: 61431933

Autorenporträt

J. M. Beach is the founder and Director of 21st Century Literacy, a non-profit organization focused on literacy education and teacher training. He was a lecturer in higher education for over 20 years in the U.S., South Korea, and China.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface: We Aren't Measuring What Matters Most
Introduction: Investigating the Myths of Measurement the Management of
Schools
Chapter 1: A Different Kind of Reform: The Neoliberal Gospel of
EducationChapter 2: Getting Our Money's Worth: A Short History of
Accountability Movement in the U.S.
Chapter 3: What Do Grades Measure? Investigating Grades as an
Accountability Metric
Chapter 4: Education as a Social Practice: The Foundations of Teaching and
Learning
Chapter 5: Nurture and Nature: The Complex Ecology of Student Learning (On
What Teachers Can and Cannot Do...)
Chapter 6: A Managerial Coup d'état
Conclusion: Can We De-School Our Schools?
Epilogue: Learning to Learn: Revising the Liberal Arts
Preview: Volume 2: The Myths of Measurement and Meritocracy: Why
Accountability Metrics in Higher Education are Unfair and Increase
Inequality
References
Index
About the Author