Parental Involvement and the Political Principle: Why the Existing Governance Structure of Schools Should Be Abolished (Jossey Bass Education Series) - Hardcover

Sarason, Seymour Bernard

 
9780787900540: Parental Involvement and the Political Principle: Why the Existing Governance Structure of Schools Should Be Abolished (Jossey Bass Education Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0787900540 ISBN 13: 9780787900540
Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1995

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"Sarason pushes us to look beyond the bureaucracy -- to invent inclusive forms of schooling that engage the minds, hearts, and voices of parents, students, and teachers together. It is impossible to leave this book without a commitment to work toward an answer that will work for children." mdash;Linda Darling-Hammond, Teachers College, Columbia University

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SEYMOUR B. SARASON is professor of psychology emeritus in the Department of Psychology and at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including You Are Thinking of Teaching? (1993), The Case for Change (1993), and The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform (1990).

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"Sarason's searching analysis of American school governance raises what may be the most fundamental questions confronting school reform: Who participates? Who decides? On what basis? His answers strike to the heardt of democratic life and create new possibilities for democratic education. Sarason pushes us to look beyond the bureaucracy-- to invent inclusive forms of schooling that engage the minds, hearts, and voices of parents, students, and teachers together. It is impossible to leave this book without a commitment to work toward an answer that will work for children." --Linda Darling-Hammond, Teachers College, Columbia University

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In a follow-up to his acclaimed The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform, Seymour Sarason focuses his attention on governance structures and the allocation of power in school systems. He speaks out against unilateral, authoritative decision making and argues for radical changes--including abolishing boards of education--that would give a greater voice in educational policymaking to parents, teachers, and the community-at-large.For schools to change not only must a new school governance replace the old--but it must also confront and answer the questions: Governance for what educational purpose? What should be the single, overarching purpose that, if not attained, makes other purposes unattainable?Beginning with the concept that everyone should have a voice in decisions that affect them, Sarason explains the importance of the political principle that is a process rather than an And result. The most important ingredients, according to Sarason, are trust and respect among all the parties involved. Conflict is unavoidable, but what are the alternatives? Sarason does not sidestep thorny issues of professionalism, role definition, and responsibility. He is critical, but not polemical, constructive, not nihilistic, and he is, above all, candid. In order to truly change our educational system, everyone involved, including parents, must be heard. This is Sarason at his best. His recommAndations for a new governance structure at the local and the state levels are provocative and controversial.

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Verlag
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0787900540
ISBN 13 
9780787900540
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
192
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