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- 题名/责任者:
- Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in secondary education / selected, edited, and with introductions by Dennis L. Evans.
- 版本说明:
- 1st ed.
- 出版发行项:
- Guilford, Conn. : McGraw Hill/Dushkin, c2002.
- ISBN:
- 0072480440 (pbk.)
- 载体形态项:
- xxi, 379 p. ; 24 cm.
- 附加个人名称:
- Evans, Dennis L.
- 论题主题:
- Education, Secondary-United States.
- 论题主题:
- Education, Secondary-Social aspects.
- 论题主题:
- High schools-United States.
- 中图法分类号:
- G639.712
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 内容附注:
- Pt. 1 Purposes: Should school attendance be voluntary? -- Is citizenship education working in the public schools? -- Should all secondary school students experience the same curriculum? -- Is ethnocentric education a good idea? -- Should secondary schools emphasize education for the workplace? -- Pt. 2 Policies: Should religious content and concepts be more evident in our schools? -- Do school uniforms cause improvements? -- Are zero tolerance policies necessary and effective? -- Is achievement level tracking of students a defensible educational practice? -- Is high-stakes standardized testing defensible? -- Should teacher pay be tied to measures of student learning? -- Is the school principal indispensable? -- Pt. 3 Practices: Is block scheduling better than traditional scheduling? -- Is homework beneficial to students? -- Does the practice of grading students serve useful purposes? -- Can technology transform education? -- Should service learning be a high school graduation requirement? -- Is the emphasis on globalization in the study of world history appropriate? -- Should classical works be the emphasis of the high school literature curriculum? -- Should we be cheering for high school sports programs?
- 摘要附注:
- Twenty debates in secondary education; ethnocentric education, school uniforms, block scheduling, and more. Requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments, Taking Sides actively develops students' critical thinking skills.
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