{"product_id":"education-reform-and-the-concept-derek-gottlieb-9781138657830","title":"Education Reform and the Concept of Good Teaching","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an effort to address the problems confronting the American education system, the Obama administration has issued structural and systematic reforms such as \u003ci\u003eRace to the Top\u003c\/i\u003e. These initiatives introduce new statistics and accountability systems to gauge what constitutes \"good\" teaching, both from an administrative standpoint and the perspective of teacher training programs. This volume offers a direct critique of this approach, concluding that it does not respond adequately to the issues of education reform but rather raises new problems and actively stymies progress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author argues that at the heart of the confusion lies a misguided and rationalistic view of teaching and learning. He draws on the philosophical strategies of Ludwig Wittgenstein to break down the guiding assumptions of \u003ci\u003eRace to the Top\u003c\/i\u003e, allowing both the positive and the negative aspects of the policies to be heard. The author then proposes a different view of teaching and learning which considers how to effectively address the problems \u003ci\u003eRace to the Top\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to confront. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Gottlieb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138657832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138657830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Derek Gottlieb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457836855551,"sku":"9781138657830","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_306131a0-975c-4275-9866-0326fd2c9164.jpg?v=1777401221","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/education-reform-and-the-concept-derek-gottlieb-9781138657830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}