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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455092103321

Autore

Taubman Peter Maas <1947-, >

Titolo

Teaching by numbers : deconstructing the discourse of standards and accountability in education / / Peter M. Taubman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-135-88628-8

1-135-88629-6

1-282-37779-5

9786612377792

0-203-87951-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Studies in curriculum theory

Disciplina

379.1/58

Soggetti

Teacher effectiveness - United States

Education - Standards - United States

Educational accountability - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The currents state of affairs -- Tests -- The language of educational policy -- Audit culture: standards and the practices of accountability -- The seduction of a profession -- Intellectual capital: how the learning sciences led education astray.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last decade the transformation in the field of education that is occurring under the twin banners of ""standards"" and ""accountability"" has materially affected every aspect of schooling, teaching, and teacher education in the United States. Teaching By Numbers, offers interdisciplinary ways to understand the educational reforms underway in urban education, teaching, and teacher education, and their impact on what it means to teach. Peter Taubman maps the totality of the transformation and takes into account the constellation of forces shaping it. Going further, he propos