Andrew Coulson

Market Education

The Unknown History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discontent with public education has been on the rise in recent years, as parents complain that their children are not being taught the basics, that they are not pushed to excel, and that their classrooms are too chaotic to encourage any real learning

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nordic Africa Institute
• Seitenzahl: 481
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780765804969
• ISBN-10: 0765804964
• Artikelnr.: 41515482

Autorenporträt

Andrew Coulson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I: What We Want
1: Getting Used to Disappointment
II: What's Been Tried
2: Right from the Beginning: Classical Athens and Beyond
3: Revolutions: The More Things Change ...
4: Coup d'École: The War for Control of American Education
5: Teachers and Teaching in the Government Schools
6: The Performance Crisis in Public Schooling
7: Common School Problems: The World Tour
8: The Class Really Is Keener on the Other Side: The Case of Independent Schools
III: What Works
9: What Makes Schools Work?
10: Can Government Schooling Be Fixed?
Conclusion: Achieving Educational Excellence