The ``R's of School Reform' and the Politics of Reforming or Replacing Public Schools

Pressures to reform or replace public schools have flowed from a variety of social trends interacting with a growing perception that the schools are performing poorly or are inadequate for the demands of the new global economy they now face. Since the 1980s, many reforms have been attempted, but with little evidence of real improvement, especially in the education of poor and disadvantaged children. As a result, support is growing, at the very least in elite circles, for more radical reforms that would dramatically alter or even privatize public education. Public educators increasingly recognize the threats they face, but have trouble seizing upon the opportunities these threats present because they challenge fundamental aspects of the paradigm and ideology of public education to which they are wedded. This paper focuses on competing views of the policy problems and possible solutions public educators face in this situation, with particular reference to the experience of school reform efforts in the United States.     

红色酷儿理论:同性恋政治学的批判性反思

同性恋政治学经历了道德神学、医学规训和同性恋解放的过程,其中二元论是建构身份政治之基础.在同性恋理论的发展脉络中,酷儿理论对反思同性恋研究起到关键作用,但酷儿理论本身也充满张力."红色酷儿理论"结合了马克思主义的经济-阶级分析方法和酷儿理论,是传统酷儿理论的补充和批判性重构.借助这一批判性视角可以重新审视同性恋身份政治、"橱柜"政治神学以及同性恋压迫的本质.     

Religion and the Public Schools

At the end of world war II, Anglo-Jewry was presented with a unique opportunity to recast its educational system, and make a virtually fresh start unencumbered by the past. This basic fact must be considered in surveying Jewish education in Great Britain today, both in the sphere of day school development and in the organisation of supplementary parttime classes in Hebrew and Religion.     

从政治学角度比较公共行政与公共管理

目前我国学界对公共行政与公共管理的区分尚不十分明确,给实际工作带来了诸多的不便。本文从传统公共行政与新公共管理的历史发展顺序,理论和认识论基础,政府所起的作用以及实现政策目标的机制,管理方式与手段,公务员回应对象以及对公务员的看法等五个方面进行比较分析,得到了二者之间关系的有关结论。     

公办学校办民校现象透析

在过去几年中，公办学校中的重点中学和普通高校普遍办起了校办的“民办学校”。其原因何在?这种现象是否合理合法?有没有侵害社会公众的利益?本对此作了较深入的分析。     

研究性学习与中学政治课教学

研究性学习既是一种学习方式 ,又是一种课程形态 ,政治学科与研究性学习既有本质的区别又有内在的关系。政治学科实施研究性学习应从两个方面开展 ,一是政治学科课堂内研究性学习 ;二是政治学科课堂外的研究性学习。研究性学习呼唤政治课教学新理念 ,教师要改变教育理念和教学方式 ,学生要改变学习理念和学习方式     

Politics of Charter Schools: Competing National Advocacy Coalitions Meet Local Politics

This article identifies supporters and opponents of charter schools at all levels of government and describes their motivations and behaviors. It is explained that state and local support for charter schools is most often determined by educational needs and material incentives. Different political contexts produce different charter school policies. For example, charter school legislation in Michigan was designed to increase competition among public schools. Legislation in Georgia served to deregulate public education after a period of increased state centralization. The article concludes that there is no cohesive state or local charter political pattern, given the variations in charter schools and their contexts. It remains unclear whether national charter school advocates have enough influence to expand the number of charter schools significantly. Local policymakers in areas with few educational pressures, such as some suburban communities, may resist change. Charter schools could end up as a marginal reform that impacts small numbers of students in urban centers, or continue their impressive growth, but it is state and local politics that will decide.     

改进初中思想政治课教学的几点做法

在初中思想政治课教学中通过创设具体形象,自主参与的教学情境,并注重理论联系实际,在“用”字上下功夫,取得理想的教学效果。     

美国中小学课程的意识形态述评

课程意识形态对课程实践具有重要的影响.美国中小学的课程意识形态复杂多样,重要的课程意识形态包括正统的宗教观念、理性人文主义、进步主义、批判理论、概念重构主义,以及认知多元主义等六种.这些课程意识形态的核心观点差异很大,而且前两种课程意识形态对课程实践产生了很大影响,而后四种课程意识形态基本上局限于理论层面.