基本説明
Examining the transitive relation between politics and actual classroom practice.
Full Description
The authors argue that the most influential and well-known educational policy programs in the past 30 years are not based on democratic consensus, but are instead formulated by the political community as symbolic efforts meant to generate personal partisan gain.
Contents
Prologue Chapter One: School Policy Under the Spotlight Chapter Two: Testing the Theory in Testing Policy Chapter Three: School Choice and the Illusion of Democracy Chapter Four: The Contribution of Mass Media to Desegregation Policy Chapter Five: Research and the Illusion of Rationality Chapter Six: Education Policy, Inc. Chapter Seven: Finale Bibliography