Changing Classes: School Reform and the New Economy Contributor(s): Packer, Martin J. (Author), Pea, Roy (Editor), Brown, John Seely (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521645409 ISBN-13: 9780521645409 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Changing Classes tells the story of Willow Run, a small, poor, ethnically-mixed town in Michigan's rust belt, a community in turmoil over the announced closing of a nearby auto assembly plant. As teachers and administrators began to find ways to make schooling more relevant to working-class children, two large-scale school reform initiatives swept into town: the Governor's "market-place" reforms and the National Science Foundation's "state systemic initiative." Against the backdrop of a post-fordist economy, the author shows complex linkages at work as society structures the development of children to adulthood. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Psychology - Psychology |
Dewey: 306.43 |
LCCN: 00026199 |
Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive, and Computational Perspectives (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (0.98 lbs) 332 pages |
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Publisher Description: Changing Classes tells the story of Willow Run, a small, poor, ethnically-mixed town in Michigan's rust belt, a community in turmoil over the announced closing of a nearby auto assembly plant. As teachers and administrators began to find ways to make schooling more relevant to working-class children, two large-scale school reform initiatives swept into town: the Governor's market-place reforms and the National Science Foundation's state systemic initiative. Against the backdrop of a post-fordist economy, the author shows complex linkages at work as society structures the development of children to adulthood. |