What Goes on in Our Schools

Bibliographic Data

ID9733153
AuthorsJohn I Goodlad (University of California, Los Angeles and Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Inc., corresponding author)
Year1977
Volume6
Issue3
Pages3-6
Publication date1977-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x006003003
OpenAlexW1997501067
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited1

To carry on a serious dialogue about, let alone to seek to change, American schooling or simply the local elementary school without a rather substantial body of the information implied seems somewhat bizarre. And yet, to do so is virtually a national pastime. In our pseudowisdom, we know what schools need without knowing what they already have and we know what to put into them without knowing what needs to be replaced. As one foundation executive put it, don't need more research. We just need to get back to the basics. And many parents appear to be more concerned about how well rather than what

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