Indrek S. Wichman

One Size Does Not Fit All

Acknowledging and Addressing What's Wrong with American Public Education

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When it comes to public higher education in America, one size does not fit all.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781475835328
• ISBN-10: 1475835329
• Artikelnr.: 49093509

Autorenporträt

Indrek Wichman, PhD, has taught in the department of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University for over thirty years. A full professor, his technical research area is in combustion, fire research and basic applied science.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1. Shortchanging Nonacademic Students 2. Public
Education on Center Stage 3. The Student and the School 4. The Home and the
Neighborhood 5. A Muddled Mission 6. Sociological and Political Confusion
7. Mathematical and Scientific Confusion 8. Symptoms and Consequences 9:
Facts about Education 10: Clearing Up Social Confusion 11: Clearing Up
Scientific Confusion 12. Groups, Gaps, and Testing References Index