A JANUS KNOT: ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
Abstract
The outstanding blot on the record of public educational systems in recent years has been the "high" or secondary school. Once effective enough for a narrower purpose with a selected clientele, its enforced accommodation of the entire youth population, being kept off the labour market for a few more years, has been accompanied by no real change in what society expects of it or what government designs. Mosher reviews the characteristics of people in this phase of life, a time when almost every aspect of the mature adult is at a crltical - and hence highly educable - stage of development, and sketches out by contrast the extraordinary gaps between the need and the supply. The traditional academic route has not an inessential part to play; but if the school does not play any of the other parts to any effect, as can now be done with our new understanding and new processes, it will be a lamentable failure for democracy. RÉSUMÉ La plus grosse tache au dossier des systèmes d'enseignement public est depuis plusieurs années l'école secondaire. Jadis plus efficace pour une clientèle plus restreinte, l'école secondaire a dû depuis accueillir tous les jeunes à qui le marché de travail était désormais fermé en raison de leur âge, sans qu'aucun changement ne s'accomplisse tant au niveau du gouvernement que de la société. Mosher examine les jeunes à une époque où presque chaque aspect de leur caractère est en voie de développement (et donc parfaitement éducable) et il dresse un tableau saisissant des fossés qui séparent l'offre de la demande. Le cheminement scolaire traditionnel n 'a pas un rôle négligeable à jouer; mais si l'école ne joue aucun des autres rôles qui lui sont impartis, ce que notre perception et nos méthodes rendent aujourd'hui possible, cela constituera un échec retentissant pour la démocratie.Downloads
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1980-04-01
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Moser, R. (1980). A JANUS KNOT: ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 15(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7331
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