Hard Questions on Global Educational Change - 9780807758199

Teachers' College Press

Hard Questions on Global Educational ChangePolicies, Practices, and the Future of Education\nAuthor(s): Pasi Sahlberg, Jonathan Hasak, Vanessa Rodriguez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Teachers' College Press, United States\nImprint: Teachers' College Press\nISBN-13: 9780807758199, 978-0807758199\nSynopsis\nThis new book, from internationally renowned education scholar Pasi Sahlberg and his colleagues, focuses on some of the most controversial issues in contemporary education reform around the world. The authors devote a chapter to each of these hard questions:\n\nDoes parental choice improve education systems?\nIs there a future for teacher unions?\nWhat is the right answer to the standardized testing question?\nCan schools prepare children for the 21st-century workplace?\nWill technology save schools?\nCan anyone be a teacher?\nShould higher education be for the public good?\nWhat knowledge and skills should an educator have?\n\nEach educational change question sheds much-needed ligh.