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Teachers and Crisis - Urban School Reform and Teachers' Work Culture (Paperback)
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Teachers and Crisis - Urban School Reform and Teachers' Work Culture (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban Education
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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 by providing a thorough yet critical examination of
urban education, urban school reform, and teachers' work culture.
Beginning with a sparkling theoretical discussion of the problems
and pitfalls of back-to-basics reform efforts, author Dennis
Carlson argues persuasively that the movement's exclusive emphasis
on functional literacy skills rather than higher-order thinking
assures that students will remain on the lower rungs of the
socio-economic ladder. He then proceeds with an empirical study of
two urban high school districts in which he documents the latent
effects of back-to-basics on teachers' work lives as well as
staff-administration clashes over efforts to implement
restructuring programmes. This book offers a sensible and
sophisticated treatment of some of the important issues facing
urban education and will be of great interest to anyone working in
Education.
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