Education, Reform and the State: Twenty Five Years of Politics, Policy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415237642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 284 str.

Robert Phillips; John Furlong

Opis

The last quarter of the 20th century was a very important period in history of education. Beginning with the so-called Great Debate, the period witnessed intense public and political interest in educational issues, culminating in an almost unprecedented amount of education-related legislation, the most symbolic of which was the Education Reform Act of 1988. Some scholars have rightly claimed that the education system was transformed during this period, pointing to major changes in the ways in which schools, further education colleges and universities were organized, managed and controlled. Others have claimed that these changes altered the power relationships which had under-pinned the education system since 1944.

Recenzje

Times Educational Supplement Book of the Week:

'This logical structure covers all the main policy areas and the chapters are well structured and clearly written. Thanks to good editing, there is a consistency of approach and style that is often absent from multi-author works.' - John Dunford

' This collection of sixteen essays, grouped in five parts, presents a reasonably comprehensive overview of the politics of education in Britian since 1976 ... It is an accessible text; one to be read by those who wish to acquire an introductory overview of the political struggles that have enevloped British education in the past twenty-five years. - Ted Tapper, Perspectives

O autorze

John Furlong, Robert Phillips