美國全國教育目標執行策略之研究

Notes on the Implementation Strategies of the National Education Goals in the USA

梁恆正(Harry H. C. Liang)

《教育研究集刊》 34期 (1992/06) Pp. 203-217

https://doi.org/10.6910/BER.199206_(34).0008

並列摘要

The paper reviews the recent US federal initiatives on educational goals under the Bush administration. An historical account with this policy issue as well as its development for proposing implementation strategies are described. It thus intends to scrutinize the relationship between policy formation and policy implementation. - The official documents of 'America 2000: An education strategy; released by the US Department of Education in 1991, are discussed at some length. The paper indicates that the strategy for implementing national education goals is nevertheless a federally-dominated approach in education policy. Based on the proposed programs, the current federal- educational initiative is likely to be described as 'bottom-up reform from the top-down' approach. The paper asserts that Bush carries on the former President Reagan's 'New Federalism' policy for decentralization. A comparison with the British educational policy development under the enactment of 'National Curriculum' is also made for research interest. The paper concludes that the current US federal education policy for national goals is more likely to stimulate the implementation in states - and localities.