Managing Diversity - Institutions and the Politics of Educational Change

Informationen zum Autor By Sandra Leslie Wong Klappentext By examining the conditions in which school knowledge is selected and alternative curricular ideas are realized, Managing Diversity illuminates how cultural and political struggles intersect with institutional processes and commercial and professional decision-making to substantially moderate the impact of textbook politics and curricular reforms on what is actually taught in schools. Zusammenfassung By examining how school knowledge is selected and alternative curricular ideas are realized! this book illuminates how cultural and political struggles intersect with institutional processes to moderate the impact of textbook politics and curricular reforms on what is actually taught. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Cultural Politics and Institutional Practice in Texas Chapter 3 Choosing School Knowledge: Textbook Selection in Texas Chapter 4 Cultural Politics and Curricular Battles in New York Chapter 5 Implementing New Ideas: Classroom Realities in New York Chapter 6 Whose Knowledge Counts? Expanding the Debate Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 Index

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Leslie Wong
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2001
• EAN: 9780847694921
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9492-1
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, EDUCATION / Curricula, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculum planning and development