Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning. Drawing on history, politics, law, sociology, and educational research, all aspects of public schooling are brought to light using a non-partisan analytical approach. Critically examining areas such as institutional racism, sexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, as well as the corporatization and privatization of public schooling, Shyman extracts the fundamental problems that have ever plagued, and continue to plague, successful education reform.…mehr
Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning. Drawing on history, politics, law, sociology, and educational research, all aspects of public schooling are brought to light using a non-partisan analytical approach. Critically examining areas such as institutional racism, sexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, as well as the corporatization and privatization of public schooling, Shyman extracts the fundamental problems that have ever plagued, and continue to plague, successful education reform.
Eric Shyman is assistant professor of Child Study at St. Joseph's College on Long Island, New York. He received his doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Stories we Tell: Narratives of Public Schooling Chapter 2 Schooling as Sieve: Distinguishing between the Classes Chapter 3 Schooling and the Real America: Immigrants and Americanization Chapter 4 Schools of Thought: Systematizing the Study of Education Chapter 5 The Flat Free World: Global Competitiveness and Equal Educational Opportunity Chapter 6 Our Kids, Our Rules: Centralizing or Decentralizing America's Schools Chapter 7 A Study in Misrepresentation: Intellectual Interpretation of Policy Talk Chapter 8 Schooling and the "Culturally Deprived": Racism and American Schooling Chapter 9 White Flight and Black Plight: Situating the Segregated Neighborhood Chapter 10 Measuring Value: Intelligence Testing and the "Science" of Ability Chapter 11 Able Minds, Able Bodies: Ableism and the Public School Chapter 12 Segregation's New Stripes: Race, Language, and Special Education Chapter 13 You're an American Now: Assimilation or Elimination for the un-American Chapter 14 It's a Man's World Chapter 15 Vicious Circles in Education Reform: Conclusion
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Stories we Tell: Narratives of Public Schooling Chapter 2 Schooling as Sieve: Distinguishing between the Classes Chapter 3 Schooling and the Real America: Immigrants and Americanization Chapter 4 Schools of Thought: Systematizing the Study of Education Chapter 5 The Flat Free World: Global Competitiveness and Equal Educational Opportunity Chapter 6 Our Kids, Our Rules: Centralizing or Decentralizing America's Schools Chapter 7 A Study in Misrepresentation: Intellectual Interpretation of Policy Talk Chapter 8 Schooling and the "Culturally Deprived": Racism and American Schooling Chapter 9 White Flight and Black Plight: Situating the Segregated Neighborhood Chapter 10 Measuring Value: Intelligence Testing and the "Science" of Ability Chapter 11 Able Minds, Able Bodies: Ableism and the Public School Chapter 12 Segregation's New Stripes: Race, Language, and Special Education Chapter 13 You're an American Now: Assimilation or Elimination for the un-American Chapter 14 It's a Man's World Chapter 15 Vicious Circles in Education Reform: Conclusion
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