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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan R Sadovnik; Peter W Cookson Jr; Susan F Semel; Ryan W Coughlan |
ISBN: | 1315408538 9781315408538 9781315408521 131540852X |
OCLC Number: | 1006148197 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 592 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | The Limits and Promises of Education: Toward Reflective Practitioners -- The Politics of Education: Conservative, Liberal, Radical, and Neo-liberal Perspectives -- The History of Education -- The Sociology of Education -- The Philosophy of Education and Its Significance for Teachers -- Schools as Organizations and Teacher Professionalization -- Curriculum, Pedagogy, and the Transmission of Knowledge -- Equality of Opportunity and Educational Outcomes -- Explanations of Educational Inequality -- Educational Reform and School Improvement. |
Responsibility: | by Alan R. Sadovnik, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Susan F. Semel and Ryan W. Coughlan. |
Abstract:
This much-anticipated fifth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy, politics, and sociology of education -- and their application to educational issues, including school organization and teaching, curriculum and pedagogic practices, education and inequality, and school reform and improvement. This edition features substantive updates, including additions to the discussion of neo-liberal educational policy, recent debates about teacher diversity, updated data and research, and new selections of historical and contemporary readings. At a time when foundations of education are marginalized in many teacher education programs and teacher education reform pushes scripted approaches to curriculum and instruction, Exploring Education helps teachers to think critically about the "what" and "why" behind the most pressing issues in contemporary education. -- Provided by publisher.
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