Futures of Education: Essays from an Interdisciplinary Symposium

by Jürgen Oelkers (Editor)

Overview

Public education has received increasing criticism since the beginning of the nineties. Four major areas of concern can be discerned: the technical backwardness of the schools, the disappearance of political legitimization, financial limitations and the conservative school development. Worldwide, educational systems are being reorganized and developed beyond the traditional forms. These efforts are accompanied by increasingly complicated and complex research which assumes an international form. The international symposium Futures of Education, which took place in Zurich from 28^th to 30^th March 2000, was dedicated to these questions. The lectures held at the symposium were concerned with the relationship between research and development and above all, encouraged discussion and brought new ideas into play.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783906758695
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	10/24/2001
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

The Editor: Jürgen Oelkers (1947) has been Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Zurich since 1999. Before then he was Professor at the Institute of Education, Department of General Education, at the University of Berne (1987-1999). He is a member of the German Society for Research in Education (DgfE) and of the British Society for the Philosophy of Education. He also sits on the editorial board of Studies in Philosophy of Education, Paedagogica Historica and Zeitschrift für Pädagogik and on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Max-Planck-Institute of Pedagogical Research.

Table of Contents

Contents: Jürgen Oelkers: Foreword – Ernst Buschor: Evaluation as Part of Zurich’s Education Policy. Opening Speech – Jürgen Baumert: Comparative Performance Measurement in the Education Sector – Helmut Fend: Education Policy Options for the Future of Educational Systems. Experiences in the Field of Quality Research – Bernd Weidenmann: Changes in Learning through New Media – Renate Schulz-Zander: Using New Media for Learning in Schools – Michael Hannafin: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology in Schools: Questions, Answers and Issues – Eamonn Callan: Between Hope and Fear: The Future of Democratic Education – Dietrich Benner: Education and Democracy – Geoff Whitty/Sally Power: Devolution and Choice in Education: The Research Evidence to Date – Henry M. Levin: A Comprehensive Framework for Evaluating Educational Vouchers – François Grin: On Effectiveness and Efficiency in Education: Operationalizing the Concepts – Manfred Weiss: Quasi-Markets in Education: An Economic Analysis – Ann Lieberman/Diane Wood: From Network Learning to Classroom Teaching – Andy Hargreaves: The Three Dimensions of Educational Reform – Judith Warren Little: Teachers’ Work at the Turn of the Century.