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Education and the Cult of Efficiency  

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  • Education and the Cult of Efficiency, by Raymond E. Callahan, is widely considered to be the most important and thorough examination of the history of the social efficiency movement in the fields of education and curriculum. The book, published in 1962 and dedicated to progressive educator George S. Counts, offers a classic critique of the scientific management approach to schooling. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Education and the cult of Efficiency]

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