Sociologist Harry L. Gracey spent two years studying an East-Coast school system, which he calls "Brookview," and determined that the bureaucratic social structure of schools can have a profound and irreversibly negative effect on the creativity of teachers. This volume tells the story of the "Wilbur Wright" elementary school in Brookview. It examines the relationship between the educational institution as a bureaucracy and the goals of the two main types of teaching orientation found in elementary schools such as Wright.
The majority of teachers are "production" oriented. They believe that their job is to see that the children in their charge complete as much of the standardized grade level curriculum as possible during the school year. They do achieve some success in preparing children for life in a society where bureaucracy is the dominant form of social organization.
The other significant type of teaching orientation is that of the "craftsmen." These instructors see their goal as the development of each individual's learning potential, with the curriculum built upon the specific needs and interests of each child. Bureaucratic school structures do nothing to promote this kind of teaching.
Any ideas that are at variance with the school's organizational structure will fail. The craftsman teachers do not have the time to communicate the standardized programs desired by the school board and also to make use of their own individualistic techniques. Further, the continued use of the former cancels the effects of the craftsman approach.
In delineating his conclusions, Professor Gracey includes his observations on the community and educational setting of the study, the two types of teachers, the administration, the parents, and the children's response to educational organization.
This study is unique in approaching its educational subject matter from a sociological point of view; Professor Gracey intended it as a study of behavior in organizations. It should also serve educational goals, however, and will therefore interest educators and concerned citizens as well as sociologists.
發表於2024-11-08
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圖書標籤: 教育社會學 學校組織
寫於60年代晚期的學校觀察,把教師分成兩類,手藝人 craftsman和 流水綫工人production teacher,然後探討學校組織如何影響不同類型教師教學。結論就是美國的中小學是「工業式的」,導緻手藝人型的教師(注重個性、全麵成長)紛紛不適應,紛紛投降或者離開瞭學校體係。沒什麼理論,基本上現在研究生論文的水準吧。
評分寫於60年代晚期的學校觀察,把教師分成兩類,手藝人 craftsman和 流水綫工人production teacher,然後探討學校組織如何影響不同類型教師教學。結論就是美國的中小學是「工業式的」,導緻手藝人型的教師(注重個性、全麵成長)紛紛不適應,紛紛投降或者離開瞭學校體係。沒什麼理論,基本上現在研究生論文的水準吧。
評分寫於60年代晚期的學校觀察,把教師分成兩類,手藝人 craftsman和 流水綫工人production teacher,然後探討學校組織如何影響不同類型教師教學。結論就是美國的中小學是「工業式的」,導緻手藝人型的教師(注重個性、全麵成長)紛紛不適應,紛紛投降或者離開瞭學校體係。沒什麼理論,基本上現在研究生論文的水準吧。
評分寫於60年代晚期的學校觀察,把教師分成兩類,手藝人 craftsman和 流水綫工人production teacher,然後探討學校組織如何影響不同類型教師教學。結論就是美國的中小學是「工業式的」,導緻手藝人型的教師(注重個性、全麵成長)紛紛不適應,紛紛投降或者離開瞭學校體係。沒什麼理論,基本上現在研究生論文的水準吧。
評分寫於60年代晚期的學校觀察,把教師分成兩類,手藝人 craftsman和 流水綫工人production teacher,然後探討學校組織如何影響不同類型教師教學。結論就是美國的中小學是「工業式的」,導緻手藝人型的教師(注重個性、全麵成長)紛紛不適應,紛紛投降或者離開瞭學校體係。沒什麼理論,基本上現在研究生論文的水準吧。
Curriculum or Craftsmanship 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載