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Stoller, Aaron – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
This essay examines the shared philosophical foundations of Fredrick W. Taylor's scientific management principles and the contemporary learning outcomes movement (LOM). It analyses the shared philosophical ground between the focal point of Taylor's system--"the task"--and the conceptualization and deployment of "learning…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Educational Assessment
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Labaree, David F. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2012
The US is suffering from a school syndrome, which arises from Americans' insistence on having things both ways through the magical medium of education. Society wants schools to express the highest ideals as a society and the greatest aspirations as individuals, but only as long as they remain ineffective in actually realizing them, since one does…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Beliefs, Misconceptions, Educational History