School Reform in an Era of Standardization: Authentic Accountabilities

ISBN-13: 9780367893279 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 226 str.

Ian Hardy

Opis

School Reform in an Era of Standardization explores how teachers and school-based administrators navigate the processes of accountability and standardization in schooling systems and settings.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction: The rise of accountability and audit in schools. PART I: PHILOSOPHY, POLICY AND POLITICS. Chapter 2: Governing for and through accountability: A brief history. Chapter 3: Educational policy and politics in an era of standardized accountability. PART II THE POLITICS OF PRACTICE. Chapter 4: Accounting for curriculum reform in contemporary times: Standardized curriculum, accountability and contestation. Chapter 5: Teaching in and beyond an age of accountability. Chapter 6: Testing times: Teaching to and beyond the test. Chapter 7: Conclusion - Beyond standardization of educational provision: The case for authentic accountabilities

O autorze

Ian Hardy (PhD) is Associate Professor of Education at the School of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia. Dr Hardy researches the relationship between education and society, particularly the broader socio-political contexts that influence educators’ work and learning, and educators' responses to the policy and political settings in which their work is undertaken.