Wednesday, June 22, 2011

WEEK 2, Post A

Compton, Mary. (Ed.). (2008). The global assault on teaching, teachers, and their unions: stories for resistance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

This source is good for providing support for teachers unions, and against cutting funding for them. It is reasonably up to date (2008), and it provides both expert opinions on the issue and personal stories and reflections on teachers in unions.

Burroughs, Nathan. (2008). Arguments and evidence: the debate over collective bargaining’s role in public education. Informally published manuscript, Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Retrieved from http://ceep.indiana.edu/projects/PDF/PB_V6N8_Fall_2008_EPB.pdf

This source discusses the power of Teachers Unions in politics, as well as the effects on students collective bargaining might have. It is also from 2008, and comes from a reputable policy institute from a reputable university. Since the report is more neutral and objective, it probably will be used for support for reaching the MOR conclusion, rather than supporting one specific extreme in the argument.

1 comment:

  1. Looks like you're in good shape with your response and summary, so I'll just comment on the APA style.

    The first source appears to be a book with an editor. Generally, books with editors have chapters written by different authors. If this is the case, the author name of the chapter comes first, then the year, then the title of the chapter, then the title of the book, then the editor(s) name. Lastly, which you have, is the publisher/city.

    If the book truly does have just an editor, then your citation is correct, except in APA style it's last name, first initial only.

    That said, you're finished with the Week Two blog.

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