Reforming education in the 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11258165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank W Lutz (Texas State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 1986-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01619568609538527 |
| OpenAlex | W2040622212 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
American culture tend to think of reform as making something better, not just different. Further, what makes reform so delightful is that we prescribe it for others, not ourselves. We reform corrupt political machines; we reform sinners and alcoholics. Of course we are not ourselves corrupt, we are not the sinners, and we can certainly hold our liquor. The antithesis of the last statement provides some insight into the impetus for reform. The fact is that problem drinkers are seldom aware of their alcoholism, and attempts of others to reform such individuals will usually fail. Alcoholics must effect their reform themselves. Yet reforming alcoholics is usually the pursuit of others, just as reforming education is a task periodically undertaken by non-educators. Perhaps it just makes them feel good. Thus every so often we go back to basics, or enrich the curriculum, and redo whatever was undone by the last reform. Little research is done on these reforms, however. The reformers almost always declare themselves successful, and the state of education infinitely better because of their efforts. Satisfied, the reformers return to their more usual concerns, leaving education and educators alone and grateful to be left alone. But little is learned about the reform process, its politics or its accomplishments. What really happened? Why did it happen? How was it accomplished? Whose interests benefited and suffered and who won in the reform? These are the questions this issue hopes to begin to answer. The education reforms of the 1980s may best be viewed as a single national education reform with state variations. The present policy of the national government is that education and other welfare issues
Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2003 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |