ISBN: | 0073191531 (pbk.) |
编目源: | DUTL DUTL |
地理区域代码: | n-us--- |
题名: | Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial educational issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by James Wm. Noll. |
版本说明: | 13th expanded ed. |
出版发行项: | Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2006. |
载体形态: | xxii, 442 p. ; 24 cm. |
书目附注: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
格式化内容附注: | Pt. 1. Enduring issues -- Should schooling be based on social experiences? -- Should the curriculum be standardized for all? -- Should behaviorism shape educational practices? -- Should church-state separation be maintained? -- Should school attendance be compelled? -- pt. 2. Current fundamental issues -- Can "character education" reverse moral decline? -- Should multiculturalism permeate the curriculum? -- Can federal initiatives rescue failing schools? -- Do high-stakes assessments improve learning? -- Have public schools failed society? -- pt. 3. Current specific issues -- Has the Supreme Court reconfigured American education? -- Can charter schools revitalize public education? -- Have public schools adequately accommodated religion? -- Is full inclusion of disabled students desirable? -- Is size crucial to school improvement? -- Should bilingual education programs be abandoned? -- Does school violence warrant a zero-tolerance policy? -- Should homework be abolished? -- Should technology lead the quest for better schools? -- Can merit pay accelerate school improvement? -- Should alternative teacher training be encouraged? -- pt. 3 Bonus issues -- Can the public schools produce good citizens? -- Has resegregation diminished the impact of Brown? |