LEADER 04460nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910809726503321 005 20240416192838.0 010 $a1-282-85895-5 010 $a9786612858956 010 $a0-7735-6878-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773568785 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521330 035 $a(OCoLC)180704140 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135252 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285038 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248341 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285038 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261986 035 $a(PQKB)10205441 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400553 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326515 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331102 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141773 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285895 035 $a(OCoLC)929121437 035 $a(DE-B1597)655492 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773568785 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/fg09ts 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400553 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245521 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521330 100 $a20010102d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe turtle hypodermic of sickenpods $eliberal studies in the corporate age /$fDavid Solway 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2111-9 311 $a0-7735-2105-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. [187]-188. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction: Theory, Reform, Administration, Technology, or The Four Horsemen of the Educational Apocalypse -- $tOutcomes Based Education, or Cloning the Xenopus Generation -- $tThe Program Approach, or On the Road to Bartertown -- $tPhaedrian Elegies, or Bazooka Joe?s Pencil -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix 1 -- $tAppendix 2 -- $tAppendix 3 -- $tAppendix 4 -- $tAppendix 5 -- $tAppendix 6 -- $tAppendix 7 -- $tNotes -- $tReferences 330 $aA dominant theme that pervades this collection is the status of "theory" in the educational system. Solway claims that nothing of genuine and productive import comes out of theories. The manifold problems that bedevil the academy cannot be solved, or even rectified, by the usual onslaught of dogmas, reforms, and pseudo-revolutionary postulates that are produced in the misguided attempt to find the single, perfect, pedagogical system. Instead, we must embark on a stringent re-examination of the principles and assumptions on which our culture itself is predicated as reflected in contemporary practice. To do this, we need to develop an accurate killer heuristic to identify and monitor threats to our vocational well-being and effectiveness. This requires courage, a horror of sentimental credulity, and a willingness to learn from those in the educational trenches: the reference librarian should be questioned about the fate of the book, not the academic dean who has seldom read one; the teacher who has weathered innumerable classes should be heard, not the personnel director who is rarely in the building; the department secretary who is about to lose her job should be heeded while a jaundiced eye is turned on the omnipresent school coordinator. In almost every case, Solway believes those who deal directly with students will tell you the truth about what is happening to education while administrators will shuffle and mislead. The essays here are based on information from the trenches as well as from a significant minority of writers on educational and cultural themes. The Turtle Hypodermic of Sickenpods will be must reading for anyone interested in the fate of students and the education system. 606 $aEducation$xPhilosophy 606 $aEducational change 606 $aEducational technology 606 $aSchool management and organization 615 0$aEducation$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEducational change. 615 0$aEducational technology. 615 0$aSchool management and organization. 676 $a370/.1 700 $aSolway$b David$01605141 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809726503321 996 $aThe turtle hypodermic of sickenpods$94065808 997 $aUNINA