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ERIC Number: EJ582914
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Toward Authentic Participation: Deconstructing the Discourses of Participatory Reforms in Education.
Anderson, Gary L.
American Educational Research Journal, v35 n4 p571-603 Win 1998
Discusses the various influences on the discourse of participation in educational reforms and the ways in which it is being promoted and implemented by diverse constituencies. Focuses on how participation becomes a way to create institutional legitimacy for current educational practices, and on the role of parent participation, and presents a framework of participation efforts. Contains approximately 150 references. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Participation, Participative Decision Making
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Deconstruction; Discourse; Reform Efforts