Successful Failure: The School America Builds
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- Synopsis
- In this controversial work, Herv Varenne and Ray McDermott explore education as cultural phenomenona construct of artifice and reality we impose upon ourselves. Questioning how the American education system defines and measures success and failure, Successful Failure is a must-read for anyone interested in educational reform, the American educational system, and the anthropology of education. }In this controversial work, Herv Varenne and Ray McDermott explore education as cultural phenomenona construct of artifice and reality we impose upon ourselves. The authors discuss in five case studies how the American education system defines and measures success and failure, why there is polarization between suburban schools and urban schools, and what about our system leads us to focus on the negative. Their exploration focuses not on the people or the activities of the system, but on the institutions themselves: who decided what was a success or failure? How was the identification done, and with what consequences?This important and timely book is a must-read for anyone interested in educational reform, the American educational system, and the anthropology of education.
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 280 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780429965609
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780429497056, 9780813331669, 9780813331669, 9780813331652, 9780813331652, 9780813391298, 9780813391298, 9780429497056, 9780813331669, 9780813331652, 9780813331652, 9780813391298, 9780813331669, 9780367318109, 9780367318109, 9780813391298, 9780367318109, 9780813331669, 9780429497056, 9780813331652, 9780813391298
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 03/08/18
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Education
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.