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| Jackson, D. Bruce | 1 |
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Jackson, D. Bruce – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Argues that identity-sensitive education, focused on improving students' attitudes and beliefs about their own learning, is essential for academic success. Describes three models of identity-sensitive education: charismatic teacher, "together we'll make it," and "intellectual hothouse." Identifies common characteristics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Clinchy, Evans – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Like medieval war games of dialectical argument, today's education model is based on idea of competition, a scholastic sorting process aimed at fixing every child's place in life. So long as access to higher education rests on standardized test scores and/or high school grades in conventional subjects, higher education institutions will subject…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Competition, Context Effect
