The Trouble with Ed Schools
, by David F. LabareeNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780300119787 | 030011978X
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 9/12/2006
This valuable book examines the historical developments and contemporary factors that have resulted in the unenviable status of American schools of educationoften portrayed as intellectual wastelands, impractical and irrelevantand it offers valuable insights into the problems of these beleaguered institutions. "[Labaree] is very good at laying out all the considerations that contribute to the low repute of the ed school within the university, despite the acknowledged importance of the area of practice with which it deals....[a] sophisticated analysis."Nathan Glazer,Education Next "An interesting sociological and historical analysis of schools of education in the U.S."Choice