Document Type
Issue Area Two
Abstract
In the past decade much has been communicated about the need for school reform, school transformation, site-based decision making, participatory management, outcome-based education, total quality management, etc. As a principal, during the past few years I have heard the following metaphors used to describe the state of education and so, I wonder, which metaphor best fits the current state of educational reform:
Are we trying to change a flat tire on a car careening down a highway traveling 65 miles per hour; trying to put on a new suit of clothes on over our old blue jeans; trying to set sail with one foot on shore; putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank; or are we merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic seems an all too real metaphor when I consider the way things actually operate in elementary schools when no one is looking. And now there is still another reform issue looming on the horizon in the use of technology for assessment, monitoring, and reporting. The basic question seems to be, "Can and will the use of technology actually change the standard operating practices of our schools and classrooms?"
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
4
Issue
2
First Page
45
Last Page
47
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1993 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Harvey, Jan
(1993)
"How Does Technology Really Affect Schools?,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 4:
No.
2, Article 13.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol4/iss2/13
