The Failure of educational reform in Canada / edited by Douglas Myers

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto, Canada : McClelland and Stewart, c1973Description: 200 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 771066449
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • L 221 .M99 1973
Contents:
1. Class, bureaucracy and schools -- 2. Intellectual tradition and academic colonialism -- 3. Ten years to know-where -- 4. Who killed the goose? -- 5. Where have all the free schools gone? -- 6. Those who can't teach... -- 7. Goodbye chips, hello jean -- 8. Canadian studies- problems and prospects -- 9. Community schools in Toronto: a sign of hope -- 10. The Limits of community schools -- 11. Community college development in Saskatchewan: a unique approach -- 12. The Big blue schoolhouse: the Davis era in Ontario -- 13. Revolution and education in Quebec -- 14. Current development in education in Atlantic Canada -- 15. A review of some recent development in education on the Pairies -- 16. Euphoria in British Columbia education.
Summary: In spite of the title of this informative and provocative collection of articles, educational reform has not failed. What has been called educational reform may have failed, people who have called themselves educational reformers may have failed, nut educational reform has not yet been tried. This is not surprising, since it is scarcely understood.
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1. Class, bureaucracy and schools -- 2. Intellectual tradition and academic colonialism -- 3. Ten years to know-where -- 4. Who killed the goose? -- 5. Where have all the free schools gone? -- 6. Those who can't teach... -- 7. Goodbye chips, hello jean -- 8. Canadian studies- problems and prospects -- 9. Community schools in Toronto: a sign of hope -- 10. The Limits of community schools -- 11. Community college development in Saskatchewan: a unique approach -- 12. The Big blue schoolhouse: the Davis era in Ontario -- 13. Revolution and education in Quebec -- 14. Current development in education in Atlantic Canada -- 15. A review of some recent development in education on the Pairies -- 16. Euphoria in British Columbia education.

In spite of the title of this informative and provocative collection of articles, educational reform has not failed. What has been called educational reform may have failed, people who have called themselves educational reformers may have failed, nut educational reform has not yet been tried. This is not surprising, since it is scarcely understood.

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