What about us? : standards-based education and the dilemma of student subjectivity

Over the past three decades, the standards-based reform movement has transformed K-12 education in the United States, culminating with passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002. Beyond making reasonable accommodations for special needs students, standards-based education pays little attention...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Johnson, Edgar D. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2010.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806616886
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-190-7
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 194 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The rise of standards-based reform in education
  • Chapter 2. Standards-based education and the problem of human subjectivity
  • Chapter 3. A war for the body and an army in the mind
  • Chapter 4. Education without accountability
  • Chapter 5. Youth, difference, and school survival. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References.