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ERIC Number: EJ286082
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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"Where There Is No Vision, the People Perish": A Nation at Risk.
Nash, Robert J.; Ducharme, Edward R.
Journal of Teacher Education, v34 n4 p38-46 Jul-Aug 1983
The report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform," is criticized for overemphasizing human resource needs and economic utility at the expense of intellectual, moral, and spiritual learnings. Other perspectives on reform in the schools and in teacher education are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Instructional Improvement, School Role, Teacher Education Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Commission on Excellence in Education