{"product_id":"teachers-and-crisis","title":"Teachers and Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdvocates of the ‘back-to-basics’ movement argue that a basic skills programme ensures that students are educated to a minimum level of literacy required to enter the labour force. Critics charge that these efforts only increase school bureaucracy and undermine teachers’ autonomy in the classroom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1992, this book moves beyond the rhetoric surrounding the basic skills debate by providing a thorough yet critical examination of urban education, urban school reform, and teachers’ work culture. Beginning with a sparkling theoretical discussion of the problems and pitfalls of back-to-basics reform efforts, author Dennis Carlson argues persuasively that the movement’s exclusive emphasis on functional literacy skills rather than higher-order thinking assures that students will remain on the lower rungs of the socio-economic ladder. He then proceeds with an empirical study of two urban high school districts in which he documents the latent effects of back-to-basics on teachers’ work lives as well as staff-administration clashes over efforts to implement restructuring programmes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a sensible and sophisticated treatment of some of the important issues facing urban education and will be of great interest to anyone working in Education. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54235639349592,"sku":"9781138089181","price":173.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138089181_031cea29-0a1e-40a6-a05f-240cd1e5acdd.jpg?v=1769246137","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/teachers-and-crisis","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}