How have the effectiveness and school improvement movements arrived where they are today? Since the 1960s, when debates arose regarding equality of opportunity, to the 1980s when market concepts came into play, there has been a great deal of development. This book seeks to contrast current thinking on educational standards with prevailing thought from prior decades, and tackles questions of equality and educational outcomes. It should be of interest to those wishing their understanding of school effectiveness.
How have the effectiveness and school improvement movements arrived where they are today? Since the 1960s, when debates arose regarding equality of op...
How have the effectiveness and school improvement movements arrived where they are today? Since the 1960s, when debates arose regarding equality of opportunity, to the 1980s when market concepts came into play, there has been a great deal of development. This book seeks to contrast current thinking on educational standards with prevailing thought from prior decades, and tackles questions of equality and educational outcomes. It should be of interest to those wishing their understanding of school effectiveness.
How have the effectiveness and school improvement movements arrived where they are today? Since the 1960s, when debates arose regarding equality of op...
The question of why the issue of language features increasingly at the centre of debates about education for social and economic development at the beginning of the 21st Century is compelling. Within a rapidly changing world, language, literacy and communication are seen as constituting key elements in the process of lifelong learning. Contemporary technological development and cultural shifts intersect in complex ways with the legacy of colonialism and underdevelopment within developing countries with a colonial history. This book addresses some of these issues related to language and...
The question of why the issue of language features increasingly at the centre of debates about education for social and economic development at the...
Nationalism is a collection of papers from the British Sociological Association conference, Worlds of the Future. The central themes of the conference were ethnicity and nationalism in the contemporary world. Older discourses on national sovereignty and statehood are evaluated in terms of their validity within a world increasingly defined by transnational integration and global economic competition.
Nationalism is a collection of papers from the British Sociological Association conference, Worlds of the Future. The central themes of the conference...
