Contested classrooms
Subtitle: education, globalization, and democracy in Alberta
By: edited by Trevor W. Harrison, Jerrold L. Kachur.
Contributors: Harrison, Trevor, 1952-; Kachur, Jerrold L. 1955-; Parkland Institute.
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Edmonton, Alberta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Politics and education -- Alberta; Education and state -- Alberta
Description: xxxv, 191 p. ; 22 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Copublished by: Parkland Institute.
Table of contents: title: Passing fancies : educational changes in Alberta / Kas Mazurek; title: Constructing the perpetual learner : education, technology, and the new economy / Lee Easton; title: The "Alberta advantage" : for whom? / Trevor W. Harrison; title: The marketing of the university / Tom Pocklington; title: Orchestrating delusions : ideology and consent in Alberta / Jerrold L. Kachur; title: Re-investment fables : educational finances in Alberta / Dean Neu; title: Deep and brutal : funding cuts to education in Alberta / Frank Peters; title: From boardroom to classroom : school reformers in Alberta / Alison Taylor; title: Privatizing public choice : the rise of charter schooling in Alberta / Jerrold L. Kachur; title: Challenging restructuring : the Alberta Teachers' Association / D.J. Flower and H.L. Booi; title: Is it just a matter of time? Part-time teaching employment in Alberta / Beth Young; title: Board games : the new (but old) rules / Judith Evans; title: The principalship at the crossroads / Norm Yanitski and David Pysyk.