{"product_id":"the-case-for-change-isbn-9781555425043","title":"The Case for Change","description":"So many reformers talk about fundamental changes in schoolingwithout understanding what such deep changes entail for children,teachers, and administrators. Seymour Sarason does. In hisprovocative, mind-bAnding and passionate style, Sarason againargues against short-term repairs of schools. He seeks long-termprevention and he sees the lever, as John Goodlad did, in thepreparation of teachers. Add this to your small library of wisdomabout school reform.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ?Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University. 1. A Litany of Inadequacies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Unused Personal Experience\u003cbr\u003e 3. Underestimating Complexity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Prevention and the Long-Term View\u003cbr\u003e 5. ``Second Best: Secondary Prevention''\u003cbr\u003e 6. When Medical Education was Anti-Educational\u003cbr\u003e 7. An Undergraduate Program for Liberal Arts Colleges\u003cbr\u003e 8. Again: Teaching Children, Not Subject Matter\u003cbr\u003e 9. Teaching Teachers and Teaching Children: Ignorance Assumed andAssets Unmined\u003cbr\u003e 10. Governance and Issues of Power\u003cbr\u003e 11. Governance and the Definition of Resources\u003cbr\u003e 12. Collegiality, Resources, and Governance\u003cbr\u003e 13. There are Two Subject Matters\u003cbr\u003e 14. Teachers and Administrators: Never the Twain Shall Meet\u003cbr\u003e 15. University Pecking Orders and Schools of Education ``So many reformers talk about fundamental changes in schooling without understanding what such deep changes entail for children, teachers, and administrators. Seymour Sarason does. In his provocative, mind-bAnding, and passionate style, Sarason again argues against short-term repairs of schools. He seeks long-term prevention and he sees the lever, as John Goodlad did, in the preparation of teachers. Add this to your small library of wisdom about school reform.'' --Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University. SEYMOUR B. SARASON is professor emeritus of psychology in the Department of Psychology and at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform (Jossey-Bass, 1990), and The Making of an American Psychologist: An Autobiography (Jossey-Bass, 1988).  \"So many reformers talk about fundamental changes in schooling without understanding what such deep changes entail for children, teachers, and administrators. Seymour Sarason does. In his provocative, mind-bending and passionate style, Sarason again argues against short-term repairs of schools. He seeks long-term prevention and he sees the lever, as John Goodlad did, in the preparation of teachers. Add this to your small library of wisdom about school reform.\" \u003cbr\u003e  --Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990181298405,"sku":"NP9781555425043","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781555425043.jpg?v=1761786816","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-case-for-change-isbn-9781555425043","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}