データ種別 | 図書 |
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版 | First Anchor Books edition |
出版者 | New York : Anchor Books |
出版年 | 2015 |
本文言語 | eng |
大きさ | x, 351 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
一般注記 | Summary: "A brilliant young scholar's history of 175 years of teaching in America shows that teachers have always borne the brunt of shifting, often impossible expectations. In other nations, public schools are one thread in a quilt that includes free universal child care, health care, and job training. Here, schools are the whole cloth. Today we look around the world at countries like Finland and South Korea, whose students consistently outscore Americans on standardized tests, and wonder what we are doing wrong. Dana Goldstein first asks the often-forgotten question: "How did we get here?" She argues that we must take the historical perspective, understanding the political and cultural baggage that is tied to teaching, if we have any hope of positive change. In her lively, character-driven history of public teaching, Goldstein guides us through American education's many passages, including the feminization of teaching in the 1800s and the fateful growth of unions, and shows that the battles fought over nea Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-325) and index |
著者標目 | *Goldstein, Dana |
件 名 | LCSH:Teaching -- United States -- History LCSH:Teachers -- Professional relationships -- United States -- History LCSH:Public schools -- United States -- History LCSH:Educational change -- United States -- History |
分 類 | LCC:LA212 |
ISBN | 9780345803627 |
NCID | GB83335008 |