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ERIC Number: EJ539091
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Stretched Analogies and School Reform.
Hesse, Joseph J., III
Educational Leadership, v54 n5 p62-63 Feb 1997
Develops a "theory of stretched analogies" to explain limitations of student-as-customer and athletic motivational notions. Schools are neither shopping malls nor knowledge factories; for unengaged students, there will be nothing to purchase. Also, caring teacher-coaches must decide how high to set the bar. The goal is helping all students succeed, not promoting gold-medalist standards. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Competition, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Misconceptions, School Business Relationship, Standards
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Customer Relations