Revolutionizing America's schools
By: Carl D. Glickman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Educational change -- United States; Democracy -- United States; School improvement programs -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a vision of democracy; title: On democracy. Democracy : what is it? Democracy and education. Ambiguity and informed minds; title: On pedagogy. Powerful learning. School structures for teaching. Teacher education and public schools. Governing for the future; title: On getting beyond. Wealth and welfare. Isms and reasons. Religion, secular humanism, and ?geese. ?Who owns the child? Constitutional hope for education; title: On differences. Race and education. Suffrage, gender, and listening. From our ancestors; title: On change. Finding room for school change. Listening to students. Leadership for democracy; title: Conclusion : democracy as education.