Betsy Gunzelmann

Barriers to Excellence (eBook, ePUB)

The Changes Needed for Our Schools

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Barriers to Excellence: The Changes Needed for Our Schools brings a new and different viewpoint to our educational problems in the United States. The reasons behind the academic decline we have seen over the last several decades, the continued inequity in our schools, and the frustration with inconsistent and inadequate policies, procedures and support will be addressed in this eye-opening book. Barriers to Excellence discuses the obstacles we face to regain our academic distinction. We need to look at the bigger picture when it comes to attaining educational excellence in the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610485807
• Artikelnr.: 49771934

Autorenporträt

Betsy Gunzelmann is Professor of Psychology at Southern New Hampshire University and author of several articles involved with improving our schools. She has worked in the field for over 30 years and is a psychologist, educator, and parent concerned with issues hindering our children's education.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Our Broken System: Understanding Barriers to Excellence
Chapter One: There Is Trouble in Our Schools:
A Historical Overview of Barriers & Imbalance
Chapter Two: Rescuing Our Schools: Perspectives of Leaders,
Reformers and Entrepreneurs
Chapter Three: The Gathering of Data from Many Directions
Part II: The Barriers to Excellence
Chapter Four: Society& Cultural: First, Most Complex and Controversial
of the Barriers to Excellence
Chapter Five: Political Barriers to Excellence: Multifaceted and Difficult,
but Not Impossible to Resolve
Chapter Six: Economic Barriers to Excellence
Chapter Seven: Psychological Barriers to Educational Excellence
Chapter Eight:EducationalIssues: Process& Logistical Barriers
Part III:Towards Educational Excellence and Beyond
Chapter Nine: Breaking Down the Barriers & Restoring Balance
Chapter Ten: Education: Our Key to Future Success
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