Rethinking the Benefits of the College-Bound Curriculum.

Noddings, Nel

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Publication Date: 1996

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Rethinking the Benefits of the College-Bound Curriculum.

Noddings, Nel

Phi Delta Kappan, v78 n4 p285-89 Dec 1996

The elite colleges exert too much control over a vast number of noncollege-bound students. Educators must rethink two beliefs supporting the top-down model of education: faulty notions about equal opportunity, sameness, and the college-bound curriculum's inherent worth; and equally misguided notions about the dangers of specialization and benefits of breadth. (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Preparation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, General Education, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Noncollege Bound Students, Selective Colleges, Specialization

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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