The Three Waves of Reform in the World of Education 1918 – 2018 (eBook)

Students of Yesterday, Students of Tomorrow

Ami Volansky (Autor)

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2023 | 1st ed. 2023
XXIX, 480 Seiten
Springer Nature Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-19-5771-0 (ISBN)

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This book reviews one hundred years of educational reforms worldwide. Characterized by a tension between governing public and professional forces, the waves of educational reform reflect myriad efforts to define and fulfill professional and public expectations for the world of education. The first wave of reform, based on 'progressive' ideals, spread across the globe after World War I, striving to place the student at the center of the education process and respond to the diverse needs of children and youth in a world that included massive population shifts. The second wave nearly obliterated the ideals of the progressive movement that had prevailed for sixty years. Drawing its principles from the business world, the second wave imposed competition, uniform standards, and measurable outputs on students, teachers, and schools, even at the cost of harming at-risk populations and encouraging the infiltration of private sector values into public education systems.

The third wave was launched at the turn of the twenty-first century. Seeking to adjust instructional methods to modern reality, this reform rejected standardized curricula in favor of developing skills such as independent thinking, curiosity, innovation, collaboration among learners, and the ability to mine and process information.

Book I reviews the three waves of reform in the United States, England, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and Finland. Book II focuses on Israel's education system - past, present, and future.

 Professor Ami Volansky was a faculty member at Tel Aviv University, School of Education until his retirement in 2015. His research focuses on education policy including school reforms, school effectiveness, school-based management and higher-education policy. His recent books include Academia in a Changing Environment: Higher Education Policy in Israel 1952-2004  (2005); The Pendulum Syndrome: Centralisation and Decentralisation of Education in England and Wales (2003);  School-Based Management: An International Perspective (2003), co-edited with Isaac Friedman, and Israel's Higher Education System 2000-2022, Politicization, Science and Society  (2023). Professor Volansky has served as the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Education, the Deputy Director General for Policy Planning at the Ministry of Education, and as the advisor on higher education policy of four Ministers of Education.?

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This book reviews one hundred years of educational reforms worldwide. Characterized by a tension between governing public and professional forces, the waves of educational reform reflect myriad efforts to define and fulfill professional and public expectations for the world of education. The first wave of reform, based on "e;progressive"e; ideals, spread across the globe after World War I, striving to place the student at the center of the education process and respond to the diverse needs of children and youth in a world that included massive population shifts. The second wave nearly obliterated the ideals of the progressive movement that had prevailed for sixty years. Drawing its principles from the business world, the second wave imposed competition, uniform standards, and measurable outputs on students, teachers, and schools, even at the cost of harming at-risk populations and encouraging the infiltration of private sector values into public education systems.The third wave was launched at the turn of the twenty-first century. Seeking to adjust instructional methods to modern reality, this reform rejected standardized curricula in favor of developing skills such as independent thinking, curiosity, innovation, collaboration among learners, and the ability to mine and process information.Book I reviews the three waves of reform in the United States, England, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and Finland. Book II focuses on Israel's education system - past, present, and future.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2023
• Zusatzinfo: XXIX, 480 p. 1 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Original-Titel: Students of Yesterday, Students of Tomorrow: Three Waves of Reform in the World of Education (1918-2018)
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: active citizenship • Educational Policies • Educational Standards Reform • education competition • education in Isreal • Higher education policy • New Learning Skills • Progressive education
• ISBN-10: 981-19-5771-1 / 9811957711
• ISBN-13: 978-981-19-5771-0 / 9789811957710