Illusions of Learning

Autor: Lawrence V. Castiglione
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. 8:95-133
ISSN: 1573-658X
1053-0789
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021346727274
Popis: An argument is made that American social distress is exacerbated by the decline of public education, a decline fostered and maintained by systematic self-deception. Americans hold cherished beliefs about education, teaching, and learning that they know are not now, or cannot be, true. America's educational policies both reflect popular beliefs and give direction. Baffling public policy can make sense when seen in the broader context of public perceptions, beliefs, sentiments, ideologies, values, and opinions. This context shifts over time, circumstance, and group. Although this conceptual mix varies with geographic location and media attention, in this paper I have tried to touch on widely accepted, thus potent, national illusions that have confounded our understanding of public education and have misdirected educational policy.
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