1st Edition
Teachers and Crisis Urban School Reform and Teachers' Work Culture
By Dennis Carlson
Copyright 1992
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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Advocates of the ‘back-to-basics’ movement argue that a basic skills programme ensures that students are educated to a minimum level of literacy required to enter the labour force. Critics charge that these efforts only increase school bureaucracy and undermine teachers’ autonomy in the classroom.
First published in 1992, this book moves beyond the rhetoric surrounding the basic skills debate... Read more
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Crisis Tendencies in Urban Education 2. Teachers and Crisis: Teachers’ Work Culture in Sociohistorical Perspective 3. Teachers and Basic Skills Restructuring in Midstate 4. Teachers and Basic Skills Restructuring in Urbanville 5. Role Formalization and "Playing the Game" in Urbanville Schools 6. "Classroom Management" in the Basic Skills Era 7. Beyond the Crisis of Urban Schooling; Notes; Index
Biography
Dennis Carlson
