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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): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Guilford, Conn : McGraw Hill/Dushkin, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 379 p.: 24 cmISBN:
  • 0072480440 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Clashing views on controversial issues in secondary education
  • Issues in secondary education
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 373.73 22
LOC classification:
  • LA222 TAK 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Pt. 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? -- Pt. 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? -- Pt. 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 high school sports programs?
Summary: Twenty debates in secondary education; ethnocentric education, school uniforms, block scheduling, and more. Requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments, Taking Sides actively develops students' critical thinking skills.
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KZ 6010 WAL 2015 Understanding conflict resolution / L 11 KIR 2000 Policy and practice in education. LA 217.2 PEU 2011 Seeing complexity in public education : LA 222 TAK 2002 Taking sides. LA 1011 MIR 2012 Miracle of education : LA 1011 MIR 2012 Miracle of education : LB 2342,92 MCC 2009 The handbook of student affairs administration /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 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? -- Pt. 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? -- Pt. 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 high school sports programs?

Twenty debates in secondary education; ethnocentric education, school uniforms, block scheduling, and more. Requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments, Taking Sides actively develops students' critical thinking skills.

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