Education Policy in Britain

This text provides a clear overview and assessment of the educational policy systems at work in the UK. Accessibly written and covering pre-school and Higher Education policy-making as well as Primary and Secondary, the author examines the evolution of education policy from the Education Act of ''44 to the academies of today.>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Why Education Matters
3. The Rise and Fall of the Post War Consensus
4. From Callaghan to Major: 1976-97
5. Diversity, Selection and the Measurement of Progress, 1997-2012
6. The Privatization of Education
7. The Changing Worlds of Education Policy
8. The Evolving Curriculum from 5 to 14
9. The 14-19 Continuum: Issues and Policies for Education and Training
10. Higher Education
11. Early Years and Childcare Strategies and the Concept of Lifelong Learning
12. Issues of Diversity, Equality and Citizenship
Conclusion.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Clyde Chitty is Associate Professor at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Clyde Chitty
• Verlag: Macmillan
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9781137309563
• ISBN: 978-1-137-30956-3
• Seiten: 304
• Serien: Contemporary Political Studies; Contemporary Political Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; B, Education, European Politics, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public Policy, Education Policy, Great Britain—Politics and government, British Politics