Overview
- The book analyzes the concept and the role of school by emphasizing the pedagogical function of school, from which vantage point, one is better positioned to see how the development of school and the modernization process are intertwined
- Furthermore, with this vantage, it becomes possible to establish a pedagogically well-founded critical perspective to analyze the topical politico-ideological change demands and global reform trends targeted to school
- The authors represent a wide-ranging educational expertise from different countries and cultural traditions
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About this book
School is one of the most focal institutions in modern society. It is largely through the institutionalized forms of education that modern society attempts to secure and maintain its social and economic well-being and its valuable cultural life forms. In addition to this, school is the essential institution through which the future of a society is defined. Thus, at least when understood traditionally as a pedagogical institution, the school stands at the center of historically and socially constructed cultural life forms and at the brink of an unknown future: the determination of that future characterizes the pedagogical task of the school. It naturally ensues then, that modern discourses of the school have always been intertwined with the critical question of how past, present and future can be linked in educational practices so that schools can foster (in ever better ways) the well-being of individuals, societies and humanity. The chapters in this volume, despite the variety ofviewpoints, share this critical view. The purpose of the volume is not to offer definite answers; rather it is to stress that to understand the role and functions of school in contemporary society and to orientate its transition, a well-founded critical evaluation of prevailing pedagogical practices and policy trends is required. This evaluation is vital for the future of school and society.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Functions of the School
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School, Learning and Teaching
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School, Economics and Labor Markets
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School and School Reform – National Perspectives
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Schools in Transition
Book Subtitle: Linking Past, Present, and Future in Educational Practice
Editors: Pauli Siljander, Kimmo Kontio, Eetu Pikkarainen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-827-3
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-827-3Published: 27 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 320
Topics: Education, general