The Three Waves of Reform in the World of Education 1918 – 2018

 Professor Ami Volansky was a faculty member at Tel Aviv University, School of Education until his retirement in 2015. His research focuses on education policy including school reforms, school effectiveness, school-based management and higher-education policy. His recent books include Academia in a Changing Environment: Higher Education Policy in Israel 1952–2004  (2005); The Pendulum Syndrome: Centralisation and Decentralisation of Education in England and Wales (2003);  School-Based Management: An International Perspective (2003), co-edited with Isaac Friedman, and Israel's Higher Education System 2000-2022, Politicization, Science and Society  (2023). Professor Volansky has served as the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Education, the Deputy Director General for Policy Planning at the Ministry of Education, and as the advisor on higher education policy of four Ministers of Education.​

Introduction.-Volume I: The Three Waves of Reforms Worldwide.-Part One: The First Wave of Reforms – Progressive Education.- Chapter 1: The Emergence of Progressive Education.- Chapter 2: The Decline of Progressive Education.-Chapter 3: The First Wave – Summary and Conclusions.- Part Two: The Second Wave of Reforms – The Standards Movement.- Chapter 4: The Educational Standards Reform.- Chapter 5: Critique of the Second Wave of Reforms.- Chapter 6: The Second Wave – Summary and Conclusions.- Part Three: The Third Wave of Reforms: Students Asking Questions and Looking for Answers – Education for Non-Standard Thinking.- Chapter 7: Background for the Emergence of the Third Wave.- Chapter 8: Towards Active Citizenship and New Learning Skills – the Third Wave in Selected Nations.- Chapter 9: The Third Wave – Summary and Conclusions.- Volume II: The Israeli Educational System in the Light of the Three Educational Reform Waves.- Chapter 10: The First Wave: Progressive Education.- Chapter 11: The Second Wave: Standardization- Chapter 12: The Third Wave: Meaningful Learning.- Chapter 13: The Three Waves of Reforms in Israel – Summary and Conclusions.- Bibliography.- Appendices.