Radical Reforms : Perspectives on an era of educational change

ISBN-13: 9780415464017 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 272 str.

Christopher Chapman;Helen Gunter

Opis

During the past decade, international commentators and researchers have likened England to a science laboratory where the rate of experimentation has developed at a frenetic pace. Some governments have watched this situation with interest but from a distance, others have attempted to transfer policies and interventions across geographical and cultural boundaries. Focusing on education as a major area of public policy in England, this book explores a decade of rapid and intensive modernization and draws out the lessons for those concerned with developing education systems across the globe.

The contributors not only examine the strategic aspects of reforming the public sector through major policy initiatives but move inside the policy process and ask: what does it mean to engage in centralized reform, what opportunities are there, what is in danger of being lost, who is involved, in what ways and why, and how might localised policy making make a difference?

Spis treści

1. A decade of New Labour reform of education  2.   3. Accountability for Improvement  4. Raising Standards  5. Control and Response in primary school teacher's work  6. School Leaders  7. Re-modelling and Distributed Leadership  8. Initial Teacher Education  9. New Provisions of Schooling  10. Networking a more equitable educational future?  11. Personalized Learning  12. Swing, Swing Together: Multi-Agency work in the new children's services  13. New Labour and breaking the education and poverty link  14. Using research to foster inclusion and equity within the context of New Labour education reforms  15. Debating New Labour Education Policy  16. Another decade of reform?