Teaching History in a Neoliberal Age - Policy, Agency and Teacher Voice

List of contents

List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Debating history education
Chapter 2 Exploring teacher voice
Chapter 3 The historical and global context
Chapter 4 Freedom and choice 1985 to 1990
Chapter 5 Enacting the National Curriculum 1991 to 2011
Chapter 6 Enacting policies beyond the National Curriculum 1991 to 2011
Chapter 7 Collaboration, textbooks and technology 1985 to 2011
Chapter 8 Conclusions

About the author

Mary Woolley is Senior Lecturer in Education at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Summary

This book explored changing practice in history classrooms from the autonomy of the 1980s through the introduction of GCSEs and the National Curriculum to the prescription of the National Strategies and the pervasive influence of league tables in the first decade of the 21st century.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Woolley, Mary (Canterbury Christ Church University Woolley, Woolley Mary
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780367227104
• ISBN: 978-0-367-22710-4
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy