Paradigm Shift [electronic resource] : The Forgotten Prerequisite for Change / Leonard L. Gregory and Lucille M. Freeman.

This paper argues that the "old paradigm" in education is a collection of assumptions, beliefs, and values that underlie the workings of present-day schools. The old paradigm is based on the notion of education as a meritocratic enterprise, institutional rationality, the positivist approac...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Gregory, Leonard L.
Other Authors:	Freeman, Lucille M.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995.
Subjects:	Bureaucracy. Educational Change. Educational Objectives. Elementary Secondary Education. Resistance to Change. Role of Education. School Organization. School Restructuring. Social Control. Traditional Schools.