An Education of Value
The Purposes and Practices of Schools

An Education of Value is about the problems involved in reforming American schools - in the past and in the decades to come.

Marvin Lazerson (Author), Judith Block McLaughlin (Author), Bruce McPherson (Author), Stephen K. Bailey (Author)

9780521315159, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 April 1985

160 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.22 kg

'More successfully than anything else I have read, this splendid book sets current debates on schooling in a historical context. It has given me a clearer understanding of where we are and how we might move forward.' Helen Featherstone, Harvard Education Letter

An Education of Value is about the problems involved in reforming American schools - in the past and in the decades to come. The authors consider the historical, political, and philosophical tensions between the perennial twin goals of American education: equality and excellence. They discuss the necessary preconditions for enduring progress: enhancing the conditions of teaching, improving the education and re-education of teachers, rethinking the curriculum, developing learning through the use of computers, and strengthening the leadership of schools. The issues raised in this book concern every modern society, and the authors' ideas will challenge a wide audience.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Recurring Priorities, Recurring Tensions: 1. The expectations of schooling
2. New curriculum, old issues
Part II. The Purposes of Schooling: 3. Equality and inequality
4. Learning and excellence
Part III. Learning and Teaching: 5. Computers and learning
6. The promise of teaching
7. Thinking about reform
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Organization & management of education [JNK]