The dark side of school reform : teaching in the space between reality and utopia / Jeffrey S. Brooks.
| Author/creator |
Brooks, Jeffrey S., 1970- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006. |
| Description | xxiii, 199 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
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| Contents | The school day is fast and the school year is faster! -- Add duties, add responsibility, add rigmarole -- Teaching as an everyday ambiguity : who is doing what, where, when, why and how? -- The "old guard" versus the "new way" -- Snake charmers in the star chamber -- Strangers in a strange school : isolated teachers, divided departments, fractured faculty -- There's no "I" in the word "school" -- Distraction + disorientation = disaffection -- Leading with smoke and mirrors : of misty missions, vague values, and floating philosophies -- Coda or refrain? : reforming again, and again, and again, and again -- Teaching in the space between reality and utopia. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005023063 |
| ISBN | 1578862817 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1578863058 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | LB1025.3 .B756 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |