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ERIC Number: EJ279125
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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Accountability--A Historical Perspective.
Keefover, Karen Shade
Educational Forum, v47 n3 p365-72 Spr 1983
Asserts that existing accountability policies assume that a single behaviorist theory is the one best system for effective education. Examines the pitfalls of the one-system approach through the examples of John Stuart Mill's utilitarian upbringing and "Gradgrindism" in Charles Dickens' novel "Hard Times." (SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Objectives, Measurement, Measurement Objectives, Outcomes of Education, State Legislation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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