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Sizer, Theodore R., Courses pp. 116-134 in The New American High School. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2013.
No full textGives the author\u27s proposals for thehigh school curriculum that he would envision for the future; other sections of the book also mention related features that round out the specific guidelines presented in this chapter; also provides some autobiographical stories about the author\u27s life and experiences as a teacher and a professional educator
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The New American Gazette: Michael Barrett and Theodore Sizer; How Much School is Enough?, at Ford Hall Forum, audio recording, 11/15/1990
No full textThroughout our country, educators, parents and public officials are seeking ways to improve our schools. Debating, this week, the question of How Much School is Enough? are Massachusetts State Senator Michael Barrett, author of November\u27s Atlantic Monthly cover article arguing for dramatic lengthening of the public school year, and Brown University Education Professor Theodore Sizer, who sees the need for a broader range of reforms.https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-av/1047/thumbnail.jp
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Horace's compromise : the dilemma of the american high school /
No full textThe first report from a study of high schools, co-sponsored by the National association of secondary school principals and the Commission on educational issues of the National association of independent school
Better High Schools: What Would Create Them?
Get PDFThe American desire to improve education has set off a flurry of activity to reform schools. In such a climate of restructuring, Sizer explores what better secondary schools might look like if indeed they existed. His consideration of the improved high school is based on five particular conditions — all of which support teachers and students in their engagement with the serious stuff of learning and all of which must exist in one form or another for schools to be effective. The conditions are cast as questions. Sizer locates the responsibility for school reform broadly, from the heart of a school — the relationships between teachers and students — to the life and behaviors of the community in which that school is nestled. This article is a collective call to action around ultimately simple and sensible ideas reminiscent of a form of civic participation long overdue
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