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Revisiting "The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change"
Seymour B. Sarason
series on school reform
Pub Date: 1996, 416 pages
Paperback: $24.95, ISBN: 0807735434
Cloth: $44, ISBN: 0807735442
 
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Part I reproduces the second edition of Sarason’s ground-breaking work, The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change, in which he detailed how change can affect a school’s culturally diverse environment–either through the implementation of new programs or as a result of federally imposed regulations. Dr. Sarason also takes a close look at government involvement in change efforts in schooling–and includes a detailed examination of current efforts to implement PL 94-142 into public schools. Also included are investigations into the purposes of schooling and how these purposes can be affected by change, and the process by which educators and administrators formulate intended outcomes of change efforts. In Part II, Dr. Sarason "revisits" the text and the issues 25 years after the original publication.
"We must read this book . . . if we want fundamental change and are willing to absorb the pain of it."
–Deborah Meier, The Nation
Also by Seymour B. Sarason:
American Psychology and Schools: A Critique
Charter Schools: Another Flawed Educational Reform?
Educational Reform: A Self-Scrutinizing Memoir
How Schools Might Be Governed and Why
School Change: The Personal Development of a Point of View
Teaching as a Performing Art
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