School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Review

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(More customer reviews)Review: School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives reflects critically on the social significance teaching practices as well as institutional goals, and policies that surround and shape classroom procedure. The text also provides an understanding of contemporary educational processes and actively promotes critical thinking through its source readings and abstract inclusions (Tozer, 1998). There is great focus on diversity and equity throughout the text. Several views on how to provide an equitable and high quality education to an increasingly diverse school population are discussed. As well, curriculum and teaching practices are evaluated for effectiveness throughout the historical perspective of this text. The essence of this text was related through easy reading that was saturated with information relative to its content. An inside view on foundations of education were provided and as well, created an informational foundation for all educational processes in today's society. I found the text to be helpful in guiding my thoughts and ideas. The text also gave me clarification on many common educational practices.

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Through the use of a consistent analytic framework, this text shows how and why certain school-society issues first arose in this country and how they have changed over time. Introduced and explained in detail in the first chapter, the text's analytic framework focuses on the political economy, the dominant ideology, and existing educational practices that are prevalent in any given historical era. Readings at the end of each chapter are designed for the student to critique using the same analytic framework that the authors employ in the text. In its examination of the evolution of education in the United States, this book tells an engaging historical story.

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