ISBN: 9780226514208
Genre: Algemeen
Verschenen: 26-01-2018
Bindwijze: Ebook EPUB
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: The University of Chicago Press
Auteur(s): Harry Brighouse ; Helen F. Ladd ; Susanna Loeb ; Adam Swift

Educational Goods

Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making

Harry Brighouse ; Helen F. Ladd ; Susanna Loeb ; Adam Swift

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“An
ambitious
effort
that
succeeds
in
providing
a
fundamentally
new
way
to
talk
about
and
.
.
.
think
about
policy
choices
in
education.”
—Jeffrey
R.
Henig,
Teachers
College,
Columbia
UniversityWe
spend
a
lot
of
time
arguing
about
how
schools
might
be
improved.
But
we
rarely
take
a
step
back
to
ask
what
we
as
a
society
should
be
looking
for
from
education—what
exactly
should
those
who
make
decisions
be
trying
to
achieve?In
Educational
Goods,
two
philosophers
and
two
social
scientists
address
this
very
question.
They
begin
by
broadening
the
language
for
talking
about
educational
policy:
“educational
goods”
are
the
knowledge,
skills,
and
attitudes
that
children
develop
for
their
own
benefit
and
that
of
others;
“childhood
goods”
are
the
valuable
experiences
and
freedoms
that
make
childhood
a
distinct
phase
of
life.
Balancing
those,
and
understanding
that
not
all
of
them
can
be
measured
through
traditional
methods,
is
a
key
first
step.
From
there,
they
show
how
to
think
clearly
about
how
those
goods
are
distributed
and
propose
a
method
for
combining
values
and
evidence
to
reach
decisions.
They
conclude
by
showing
the
method
in
action,
offering
detailed
accounts
of
how
it
might
be
applied
in
school
finance,
accountability,
and
choice.
The
result
is
a
reimagining
of
our
decision
making
about
schools,
one
that
will
sharpen
our
thinking
on
familiar
debates
and
push
us
toward
better
outcomes.“Every
education
decision-maker—and
every
education
researcher—would
benefit
from
reading
this
book.”
—David
N.
Figlio,
School
of
Education
and
Social
Policy,
Northwestern
University“Imaginative,
informative,
and
unfailingly
constructive.”
—Michael
S.
McPherson,
co-author
of
Lesson
Plan:
An
Agenda
for
Change
in
American
Higher Education

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