Reforming the Schools: for Teachers Book

This book examines a series of recently suggested educational reform plans, provides an analysis of each pointing out the inadequacies of the plans for the teaching profession, and then elaborates a new reform program of administration known as "autonomous education." Autonomous education proposes that the administration of local schools be turned over to members of the teaching profession for development as somewhat unique "learning enters" in terms of educational emphases and philosophy. Autonomous education would more fully utilize the potentialities of teachers by providing them with authority in educational decision-making, thus enhancing their morale and, subsequently, improving student performance.

Author Biography: John W. Friesen is Professor of Education at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.