CONSUMING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

In this essay David Labaree examines the tension between two competing visions of the purposes of education that have shaped American public schools. From one perspective, we have seen schooling as a way to preserve and promote public aims, such as keeping the faith, shoring up the republic, or promoting economic growth. From the other perspective, we have seen schooling as a way to advance the interests of individual educational consumers in the pursuit of social access and social advantage. In the first half of the essay Labaree shows the evolution of the public vision over time, from an emphasis on religious aims to political ones to economic ones and, finally, to an embrace of individual opportunity. In the second half, he shows how the consumerist vision of schooling has not only come to dominate in the rhetoric of school reform but also in shaping the structure of the school system.     

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY?

A bstract .  In this review essay, Michael Gunzenhauser and Andrea Hyde consider three recent edited collections that address the potential value of public school accountability policy: Kenneth Sirotnik's Holding Accountability Accountable: What Ought to Matter in Public Education ; Martin Carnoy, Richard Elmore, and Leslie Santee Siskin's The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing ; and Linda Skrla and James Scheurich's Educational Equity and Accountability: Paradigms, Policies, and Politics. Taken together, the texts provide a snapshot of current scholarly discourse about the phenomenon of accountability policy and provide educators with conceptual tools for analyzing and responding to accountability pressures. While these conceptual distinctions help advance scholarly discourse on accountability, ultimately the texts demonstrate the conceptual poverty of accountability policy for guiding educational improvement. Gunzenhauser and Hyde argue that current state accountability systems are not likely to encourage the broad, systemic capacity building that these three volumes describe as fundamental to achieving the requirements of federal policies.     

ATTITUDINAL CONSEQUENCES OF OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING

Results of the Children's Attitudes Toward the Elderly Test (CATE) with an older adult volunteer project in the public school setting indicate that interaction alone between elders and children may not change attitudes. Inherent age biases in attitude tests and implications for planning a volunteer program in an effort to change attitudes are shown to be important predictors of the outcome of such programs.     

论学校心理学的中国化

学校心理学的中国化有两层含义：一是中国必须引进学校心理学；二是我国的学校心理学必须有中国特色，必须适合中国的国情和教育状况。引进西方学校心理学很必要，建立和发展具有中国特色的学校心理学更加必要，在此基础上，根据我国学校和教师的情况，在中小学逐步普及学校心理学工作。     

广州市公用事业技师学院 广州市公用事业高级技工学校

广州市公用事业技师学院、广州市公用事业高级技工学校创办于1973年,是一所公办国家重点技工学校、技师学院、高级职业技术培训学院,省高技能人才培训基地、市继续教育示范基地。学院在校生规模超过万人,教职     

美国学校选择研究的最新进展与经验——《学校选择的经济学分析》评介

学校选择(school choice)是近年来美国基础教育界颇为盛行的改革风潮,也是学术界关注的焦点。美国哈佛大学经济系教授卡罗琳·M．霍克斯比(Caroline M．Hoxby)主编的《学校选择的经济学分析》(The Economics of School Choice)一书(以下简称“该书”)有助于我们了解美国学校选择改革的经验,并为研究者学习应用经济学方法分析教育问题提供了很好的素材。霍克斯比教授是当今非常活跃的教育经济学家,该书的八篇论文涉及到用经济学方法研     

THE NURTURING SCHOOL: THE IMPACT OF NURTURE GROUP PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE ON THE WHOLE SCHOOL

The high expectations of teachers in Nurture Groups can bring about amazing change in their schools as well as in the children. When the theory which underpins Nurture Groups is applied to the whole school with a clear curriculum focus, a positive cycle of growth and development is set in motion, teaching and learning become more effective for all children and the morale of all concerned improves. The Nurturing School offers a real alternative to committed teachers who are concerned about the emotional development of the children and adults in our schools in the current educational climate.     

京派小说的审美追求

京派小说是中国现代文学史上有着鲜明的艺术追求和创作个性的小说流派。它的发生、运演从一个方面丰富了中国现代文学的总体风貌。京派作家多学贯中西,但他们更多地继承了中国文学传统,在小说创作中,较多地借鉴民族文学的传统艺术技巧,追求和谐、圆润、完美的艺术境界。作品圆润精美,情感蕴藉、含蓄,语言古朴、简约。     

试论学校与学生的法律关系

学样与学生的法律法律是近几年学术界和司法实践关注的一个重要问题。笔者认为：学校与学生关系的实质是一种隶属型的教育管理法律关系，它既不同于严格意义上的行政法律关系，也不同于民事法律关系，它有其自身的特点。司法和学术界提出的监护关系，平等关系等观点是站不住脚的。