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ERIC Number: EJ446479
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
Teachers' Perceptions of the Goals of Education in the USA: Responses to the Educational Reform Literature of the 1980s.
Hoffman, Alan J., And Others
Educational Studies, v17 n2 p117-25 1991
Presents a study of Atlanta, Georgia, teacher's perceptions of the purposes of education and how those perceptions relate to the reform literature of the 1980s. Concludes that teachers generally agree with reformers and differ over educational purpose, as does the reform literature. Reports some effort among teachers to synthesize disparate views. (DK)
Descriptors: Criticism, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Educational Criticism; Nation at Risk (A); Reform Efforts