Breaking the Cycle of Failed School Reform - What Five Failed Reforms Tell Us

Informationen zum Autor By John M. Tharp Klappentext This book demonstrates how school reforms of the past 200 years share many common flaws. Based on an intensive three-year study of school reform in the United States, Breaking the Cycle of Failed School Reform analyzes and critiques the following historical reform movements: Lancastrian Plan, 1806; Age-graded Plan, 1848; Gary Plan, 1906; Trump Plan, 1959; School Development Plan, 1968; and Coalition of Essential Schools, 1984. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 A Chronology of Past School Reforms Chapter 2 Profiling the Failures of School Reforms Chapter 3 Autopsy Data From Past Reforms Chapter 4 Initiatives That May Break the Cycle of Failed Reforms Chapter 5 Glossary Chapter 6 Appendix A: The Lancastrian Plan Chapter 7 Appendix B: The Age-Graded Plan Chapter 8 Appendix C: The Gary Plan Chapter 9 Appendix D: The Trump Plan Chapter 10 Appendix E: The Coalition of Essential Schools Plan Chapter 11 Appendix F: The School Development Plan

Product details

• Authors: John M. Tharp, Tharp John M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2007
• EAN: 9781578866922
• ISBN: 978-1-57886-692-2
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Education, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, History of Education, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teaching / General