The Pursuit of Excellence Through Education By Michel Ferrari (editor)

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Moral & social purpose of educ

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Wordery

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Taylor & francis

The Pursuit of Excellence Through Education : Routledge : 9780805831887 : 0805831886 : 13 Dec 2001 : Although specific definitions may change over time, few goals are considered more important to education than the pursuit of academic excellence. There are many different viewpoints on this issue today among educational psychologists and other social scientists. One particularly glaring fault line in the debate divides those who emphasize developing individual learning and those who focus on promoting cultural and institutional reform. These two perspectives are rarely addressed in a single volume. In this book, well-known theorists and researchers present a range of perspectives on how to promote excellence in education. This allows those who stress transformation of educational practice and those who emphasize individual abilities to speak to each, and invites readers to jointly consider the arguments for both positions, or for some synthesis of the two. The point is to consider how

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