Education has become a battlefield, the classroom the arena where the contest is fought. The 1997 Ontario teachers' strike, the federal government's Millennium Scholarship, and a wave of protests across the country are among the signals that the war is heating up. Alberta stands as a Canadian model of radical education reform, propelled by economic necessity. But is all reform necessarily right or good?-and who decides? A range of commentators-teachers, scholars, parents, and others-discuss the conflict in Alberta's schools.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 379.7123
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn-ab
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- 0888643152 9781459303614
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- LC91.2.A4
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- C66 1999eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxxv, 191 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgements 10
- Contributors 11
- Introduction: Public Education, Globalization, and Democracy: Whither Alberta? 14
- Globalization and Educational Change 38
- 1 Passing Fancies: Educational Changes in Alberta 40
- 2 Constructing the Perpetual Learner: Education, Technology, and the New Economy 58
- 3 The "Alberta Advantage": For Whom? 70
- 4 The Marketing of the University 82
- The Politics of Educational Restructuring in Alberta 94
- 5 Orchestrating Delusions: Ideology and Consent in Alberta 96
- 6 Re-Investment Fables: Educational Finances in Alberta 112
- 7 Deep and Brutal: Funding Cuts to Education in Alberta 122
- 8 From Boardroom to Classroom: School Reformers in Alberta 136
- 9 Privatizing Public Choice: The Rise of Charter Schooling in Alberta 144
- 10 Challenging Restructuring: The Alberta Teachers' Association 160
- Re-organizing Schools: Scenes from the Classrooms 174
- 11 Is it Just a Matter of Time? Part-Time Teaching Employment in Alberta 176
- 12 Board Games: The New (But Old) Rules 188
- 13 The Principalship at the Crossroads 202
- Conclusion 214
- Appendices 220
