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Schools are changing.
What will the schools to which
you apply be like?
Purposes of SchoolEDU 224 | Newberry College
The Purposes of School
• How does stakeholder perspective influence the purposes of schools?
• What does Elliot Eisner have to say about our assumptions about schools?
What are the purposes of a school?
It depends.
Think about all the stakeholders in education. It all depends on perspective.
What would your school look like?
On your group’s chart paper, include the name and a visual for your school, its central purpose (mission) and several
important characteristics.
Eisner, E. W. (2003). Questionable assumptions about schooling.
Phi Delta Kappan 84(9), 648-657.
• What assumptions did you make when designing your school, its central purpose, and characteristics?
• What would you go back and rethink?
