教育界成果(OBE)導向之弊 與 TQM 神話

今天讀到一篇"辱" Deming的文章 如附
談的是美國教育界成果導向之弊 (What is Outcomes Based Education? Jul 7, 2008)
這作者道聽塗說: Deming 是所謂"TQM之父" 這點 Deming鄭重否認 參考 David and Sarah Kerridge(1995)"Guilt by Association"BDA內部刊物"Variation"1995年元月號。


Outcomes-based education is the latest cure-all for K-12 education though its origins may be traced to the progressivist doctrine that has dominated schools of education (and hence public schools) for nearly a century. ....

"...TQM is likewise an idolatry of mission. It was created as a factory floor technique of minimizing the number of defective products at the end of the assembly line. Its inventor, W. Edwards Deming, eventually got a case of grandiosity and imagined his technique could apply to other aspect of business as well. TQM didn’t naturally fit the work of sales forces, legal departments, or creative engineers, but no matter. American business mindlessly latched onto it for nearly a decade. Education, always the last to know, joined the TQM parade just as American business was quietly forgetting all about it. ..."
What is Outcomes Based Education?
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