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21st century education : a reference handbook
In addition to the students enrolled in our schools, teachers, professors, administrators, service personnel, and others are employed in educational institutions. Parents and citizens pay large amounts of money for tuition, books, room, and board. Further, parents spend considerable time visiting schools and participating in fundraising activities. Clearly, education directly involves vast numbers of students, teachers, and educators, and—through the media, foundations, and other institutions—still more Americans are involved in
the debate about our schools: What should be taught, and to what standards should students and schools be held accountable?
economic indicator (property values are increased on the perceived quality of nearby schools). At a micro level, schools transcend teacher-student relationships and become complex institutions around which important
policy decisions and vast investments are made. Taken as a whole, the chapters contained in this book present and interpret these many faces of education. The two-volume work provides undergraduate majors and those currently in education an authoritative reference source that will serve their research needs with more information than encyclopedia entries, but not as much detail or density as journal articles or research handbook chapters. Thorough and comprehensive, these volumes offer readers a general understanding of the issues of utmost importance in education in the 21st century. The text is a combination of historical reviews, current debates, and pending issues of concern at the classroom, state, and federal levels, with sections devoted to students, their teachers, professional staff, the educational context of curriculum and learning,
and current and future issues.
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