Document Type
Focus Area Three
Abstract
It is important from the onset of this position statement to state the obvious: "Schools (American education) are social constructions." As historical constructs, schools are institutions of the state and are involved in the reproduction and maintenance of the ideological horizons of the dominate social and economic class. Schools serve a major purpose: They are to maintain the conditions which, along with other social institutions, conserve the economy and status quo.
To seriously consider the restructuring (or reforming) of American education, we must ask the nature of the change being proposed and the "ends" envisioned. As the term restructuring suggests, we must ask if the reordering will simply be a redefining of existing relationships and ideas.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
122
Last Page
125
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1992 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Muffoletto, Robert N.
(1992)
"Questions Concerning Goodlad and Educational Reform,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 29.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol3/iss1/29
