Is Water an Input to a Fish? Problems with the Production-Function Model in Education

Creator

• Steven Hodas

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

November 1993

Abstract

The concept of a production-function as a metaphor of the educational process is critiqued. In particular, Monk's (1992) discussion of the production-function is seen as typical of the final stages of a dying paradigm.

Extent

7

Volume

1

Issue

12

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00012

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Hodas, Steven, "Is Water an Input to a Fish? Problems with the Production-Function Model in Education" (1993). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 262.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/262