The Great Courses - How the World Learns Comparative Educational Systems - Alexander W. Wiseman, Ph.D.
Unknown, Ph.D., Alexander W. Wiseman
Category: Lecture
Tags: Lecture, Misc. Non-fiction
Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 07-24-15, The idea that everybody deserves a chance is at the heart of Horace Manns revolutionary belief that education is the great equalizer. U.S. schoolsand national education systems around the worldtoday reflect the ideals that Mann was among the first to promote, including universal enrollment, compulsory attendance, and public funding., Manns blueprint for mass education in America has since been followed across the globeyet international student assessments show that achievement among countries varies sharply, with the United States and much of Europe typically scoring average, at best. Furthermore, educators, business leaders, and government officials cite a growing disconnect between what schools teach and the needs of a rapidly changing market., This state of affairs has sparked anxieties about an educational crisis, yet the problem, if there is one, is highly complex. The key to making sense of this disparity and fixing education lie
