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Since the early twentieth century, American educators have been engaged in a heated debate over what schools should teach and how they should teach it. The partisans'education progressives'and'education traditionalists'have usually kept their disagreements within the walls of the nation's schools of education. Periodically, however, arguments have erupted which have generated headlines and attracted public attention, making clear the potential for bitterness and rancor in education politics. In the 1990s, progressives and traditionalists squared off in a dispute over reading and mathematics. Arguments over how best to teach these two subjects is detailed in The Great Curriculum Debate: How Should We Teach Reading and Math? This book includes contributions from distinguished scholars from both sides of the debate, as well as influential nonpartisans. The proponents of'whole language'and'phonics'present their opposing views on reading. Advocates and opponents of'NCTM math reform'the agenda of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)discuss their differing opinions about math. Although the authors disagree on many of the most important aspects of learning, they agree

Author

Tom Loveless, editor

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815753094

Subjects

Mathematics, Education, Philosophy