Education Policy and Contemporary Politics

ISBN-13: 9780333682517 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 207 str.

Jack Demaine

Opis

Education policy is at the very top of the political agenda - the proclaimed top priority of the 'New Labour' government. Yet Labour has inherited a quasi-market education system and remains under the direction of reform during the coming year. This book examines new directions on issues of selection and educational opportunity, gender and racism and the question of school effectiveness and school improvements. The politics for the National Curriculum and its assessment are explored, alongside issues of lifelong learning and IT policy. The book explores the key questions of the future reform of education in contemporary Britain with contributions from the leading experts in education, education policy, politics and sociology.

Recenzje

'This is a wide-ranging and serious contribution to the political debate on education. Every chapter is readable and all cast light on current educational issues.' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction Education Policy and Contemporary Politics; J.Demaine Moving Back from Comprehensive Education?; T.Edwards, S.Power & G.Whitty Educational Reforms, Gender and Families; M.David School Effectiveness, School Improvement and Contemporary Educational Policies; D.Reynolds Race, Nation and Education: New Labour and the New Racism; D.Gillborn Beyond the Bell Curve: New Politics for the National Curriculum; B.Moon Educational Assessment in an Era of Reform; R.Murphy & J.Wilmut Challenging Tripartism: Class and Inequality in Post-Compulsory Education Policy; D.Gleeson Education Policy and IT; Virtual Reality?; P.King & P.Wild Education Policy: The Next Ten Years; S.Sexton Index

O autorze

MIRIAM DAVID Professor of Education, Keele University TONY EDWARDS Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne DAVID GILLBORN Professor of Education and Head of Policy Studies, Institute of Education, University of London DENIS GLEESON Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of Warwick PETER KING Director, Teacher Education Unit, Loughborough University BOB MOON Professor of Education, Open University ROGER MURPHY Professor of Education and Director of Research, School of Education, University of Nottingham SALLY POWER Professor of Education, University of London DAVID REYNOLDS Professor of Education, University of Exeter STUART SEXTON Director on the Education Unit, Independent Primary and Secondary Education Trust; former adviser to Secretary of State for Education, 1979-86 GEOFF WHITTY Director, Institute of Education, University of London PHIL WILD formerly Head of the Department of Education, Loughborough University JOHN WILMUT special lecturer in educational research and assessment, University of Nottingham