Education and the Cult of EfficiencyUniversity of Chicago Press, Nov 16, 2010 - 283 pages Raymond Callahan's lively study exposes the alarming lengths to which school administrators went, particularly in the period from 1910 to 1930, in sacrificing educational goals to the demands of business procedures. He suggests that even today the question still asked is: "How can we operate our schools?" Society has not yet learned to ask: "How can we provide an excellent education for our children?" |
Contents
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2 ReformConscious America Discovers the Efficiency Expert | 19 |
3 Criticism and Response in the Early Years of the Efficiency Era | 42 |
4 American Educators Apply the Great Panacea | 65 |
5 The Educational Efficiency Experts in Action | 95 |
6 The Factory System in Education the Platoon School | 126 |
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