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Taking sides : clashing views on controversial issues in secondary education / selected, edited, and with introductions by Dennis L. Evans.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Guilford, Conn. : McGraw-Hill/Duskin, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 379 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0072480440 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Clashing views on controversial issues in secondary education
  • Secondary education
Subject(s):
Contents:

Part 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? - Part 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? - Part 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 the high school sports programs?

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