Twitter Book Club: Seymour B. Sarason (1996) Revisiting "The Culture of The School and the Problem of Change" - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: What Are Schools For?

"If the question 'What are schools for?' was answered differently in rhetoric than in practice, it says less about ... http://tl.gd/b93n5fless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"It is my belief that no less illuminating of the school culture than the way things are is the degree to which peo... http://tl.gd/b93od9less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"When we say that a person 'should make something of himself,' we mean that he should use his mind to achieve goals... http://tl.gd/b93p4hless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"The sense of unworthiness people may have because of their lack of achievement reflects how well society inculcate... http://tl.gd/b93pvpless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"the interests of those who lead 'productive' lives justify segregating those who are 'unproductive.'" Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"educational beliefs and practices reflect dominant features in the larger society." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"it is a major function of the schools to determine the capabilities of students and to so organize the schools tha... http://tl.gd/b93qq5less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"Does society need a seriously retarded child as much as it needs a budding 'genius'?" Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"When Russia was the first country to orbit a satellite in 1956, there was an uproar in the United States as a reac... http://tl.gd/b93rvuless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"schools are expected to give top priority to the educational-intellectual development of children in order for the... http://tl.gd/b93sutless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"It is not very much of an exaggeration to say that any proposal about formal schooling has to be justified in term... http://tl.gd/b93u1vless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"there has been very little research on the effects of formal schooling on children's absorption of democratic valu... http://tl.gd/b93usmless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"Unfortunately, neither Dewey nor Lewin have had an influence on the quality of formal schooling. Each is a highly ... http://tl.gd/b9402nless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"theory without practice could be an arid and dangerous affair." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"Cognitive skills are not the only outcome of schooling. Educators claim schools teach virtues ranging from patriot... http://tl.gd/b942d6less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"the recognition, understanding, and acceptance of diversity are among the most important experiences any person can have." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"Mainstreaming raises no new questions. It brings to the fore old and poorly answered questions." Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"how children live together is as important as the academic knowledge and skills they acquire" Sarasonless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"as long as schools define resources as those for which they can pay, the discrepancy between what schools can and ... http://tl.gd/b94dmdless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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The disease of professionalism is in the tendency to define human problems in ways that require highly educated pro... http://tl.gd/b94etfless than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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"resources are always limited, but the discrepancy between what needs to be done and resources available to do it i... http://tl.gd/b94mp5less than a minute ago via Twittelator Favorite Retweet Replyanderscj
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@anderscj Sarason is wise in his resource scarcity vs what needs to be done statement... expansion plays out everywhereless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyRon Amundson
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