Shaping the culture of schooling : the rise of outcome-based education
Focusing on the cultural history of the origins of outcome-based education (OBE), this book investigates the social and economic culture of Johnson City, New York, schools. OBE has often been proclaimed the salvation for ailing American schools and has spread to thousands of school districts throughout the United States. The reform has also been the lightning rod for fierce challenges from community members who oppose ODE's dismantling of the bell-shaped curve and its promotion of secular humanism
Print Book, English, ©1996
State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, ©1996