Change vs. improvement in education.

International Journal of Instructional Media, June, 2002 by Kizlik, Robert

It would be hard to argue that education has not changed in the past three decades. Some say for the better, while others disagree. Perhaps the most pervasive of these changes has been the infusion of technology into practically everything connected to education. In addition, there have been, and continue to be almost daily proposals concerning everything from school vouchers and charter schools to increased emphasis in the curriculum on such content as conflict resolution, multicultural education and violence prevention education. New instructional schema have come along to replace other schema that a few scant years ago were thought to be "better." Indeed, the recent history of education is replete with cycles of new, "better" programs constantly replacing older,...

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