Dropout Prevention: Trinkets and Gimmicks or Deweyan Reconstruction?.

Gerics, Joseph; Westheimer, Miriam

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Dropout Prevention: Trinkets and Gimmicks or Deweyan Reconstruction?

Gerics, Joseph; Westheimer, Miriam

Teachers College Record, v90 n1 p41-60 Fall 1988

New York's Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI) is examined from the perspective of Dewey's educational philosophy. DPI employs an approach which "blames the victim" in contrast to the Deweyan approach which considers the social organization of schools as critical. Three components of DPI are critiqued: attendance incentives, career education, and alternative education. (IAH)

Descriptors: Attendance, Career Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Principles, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Potential Dropouts, School Role

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