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The editors of this book employ social, cognitive, linguistic, and
political theoretical innovations to develop a new conception of
critical thinking. They examine how such a construct might be
taught in a variety of social settings and disciplines. Using a
host of previously neglected perspectives--sociocognition, issues
of political economy, complexity theory, and critical theoretical
notions of epistemology and power theory--the editors and authors
present a conceptually sophisticated yet accessible compendium on
critical thinking. The introduction guides readers through the
reconceptualization process. Specific entries focus on particular
dimensions of the challenges to old-style critical thinking. In
this context, readers can choose entries that discuss various means
of engaging students in the "critical complex perspective" of
critical thinking. The encyclopedia is aware of both theoretical
concerns and the everyday realities of schooling in the 21st
century. As such, it rounded in a respectful view of teachers that
assumes they are capable of levels of expertise unacknowledged by
many contemporary articulations of school reform. The educational,
cognitive, and professional vision developed in the encyclopedia
offers a profound alternative to the top-down impositional models
now sweeping the nation's school districts.
Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical
applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide
that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to
outsourcing of school management to vouchers. The book covers
everything from school vouchers to little-known market-based
educational reforms like for-profit management of public schools,
commercialism in the classroom, philanthropic tuition sponsorships,
faith-based charities, educational tax credits, corporate
curriculum, and advertising as well as exclusive agreements between
companies and schools. It includes case studies of two
well-established voucher systems: the Milwaukee Parental Choice
Program and the private national voucher policy in Chile, a program
started in l973. The book also includes a chronology, directories,
bibliographies, and other reference content. Coverage of private
curriculum efforts, outsourcing, the role of teacher unions, and
the emergence of for-profit schools Provides a directory of
organizations, associations, and government agencies involved with
private choice, vouchers, and market-based educational reforms
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