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

• Autore: Taubman Peter Maas <1947-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.1/58
• Soggetto topico: Teacher effectiveness - United States; Education - Standards - United States; Educational accountability - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Teaching by numbers
• ISBN: 1-135-88628-8; 1-135-88629-6; 1-282-37779-5; 9786612377792; 0-203-87951-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455092103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in curriculum theory.