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ERIC Number: EJ128124
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Accountability: A Danger to Humanistic Education
Hirsch, Elisabeth S.
Young Children, 31, 1, 57-65, Nov 75
Warns of the pitfalls in rigid performance-based teacher education programs by discussing: (1) the goals teacher education should include; (2) the dangers inherent in "teaching to the test" evaluation procedures, and learning models based on behaviorist theories, and (3) the "true" role of accountability in our educational system. (ED)
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Humanistic Education, Learning Theories, Teaching Models, Theoretical Criticism
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