For well over a century educational reformers have looked for a breakthrough in the sciences of psychology and pedagogy that would dramatically improve the effectiveness of schooling. This book shows why such an ambition is an illusion. Schools are institutions which attempt to balance the needs of a bureaucratic society that funds them with the personal goals, interests, hopes and ambitions of the students who enroll in them. Reform efforts attempt to realign that balance without any clear conception of how the two are related. This book offers a theoretical account of the relation between the minds of learners and the institutional structure of the school that would account both for the ways that schooling remakes minds and societies and why such institutions are resistant to change.
By:
David R. Olson (University of Toronto) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 489g ISBN:9780521532112 ISBN 10: 0521532116 Pages: 358 Publication Date:13 August 2003 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Psychological Theory and Educational Reform: How School Remakes Mind and Society
'David Olson's Psychological Theory and Educational Reform is a masterpiece.' Teachers College Record