
Defying Standardization
Creating Curriculum for an Uncertain Future
Hardcover | 21 November 2016
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This is a brilliant critique of the crippling and stifling effects of mass standardization, promoted and enforced by non- educators in the effort to improve the "efficiency" of our public school system. Tienken shows how this trend is killing the curiosity, creativity and innovative thinking that are the purported goals of standardization programs, and yet it is rooted in outmoded theories if essentialism and Taylorism of past eras. -- Leonie Haimson, executive director, Class Size Matters
According to President John Adams, 'Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.' Tienken uses facts to systematically dismantle the basic premises of standardized education. His well-researched work y exposes the flaws upon which the current education reform movement rests and provides practical strategies for defying standardized practices in K-12 education. This is a must read if you care about quality curriculum and a vibrant public education system in the United States. -- J. Kenneth Young, associate professor of Educational Leadership at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas
ISBN: 9781475815634
ISBN-10: 1475815638
Published: 21st November 2016
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 192
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 15.9 x 23.5 x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.45
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