The Politics of Public Education: Reform Ideas and Issues

ISBN-13: 9781447339588 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 232 str.

Helen M. Gunter

Opis

Draws on empirical evidence gathered over the past 20 years; Provides a new way of thinking about the relationship between evidence and educational policy and presents a vision for how public education; can be reimagined and sustained in the future; Draws on original UK ESRC and British Academy funded research; Provides the first comprehensive study of major public reforms as a political project.

Spis treści

Thinking politically: challenging public education Action: professionals learning to labour Plurality: the idea and reality of choice Natality: the opportunity to do new things Promising: school diversity and competition Responsibility and judging: producing and using numbers Forgiving: the end of public education Thinking politically again: the conditions for public education