Education, Reform and the State - Twenty Five Years of Politics, Policy and Practice

Informationen zum Autor John Furlong, Robert Phillips Klappentext Over the past twenty-five years, education has been transformed as it has moved to the centre of the political stage. There has been intense public and political interest in educational issues and there have been major changes in the ways in which schools, further education colleges and universities are organised and controlled. Education, Reform and the State provides the definitive contemporary history of education policy. The book brings together leading scholars to reflect on the major legislative and structural changes in education. Chapters include: -- Education, the state and the politics of reform: the historical context-- Creating a mass system of higher education-- The reinvention of teacher professionalism-- Empowerment or performativity?-- Gender and education policyEducation, Reform and the State combines contemporary history and policy analysis in a unique way, providing students of education policy, academics and researchers with important reference material. Zusammenfassung This book supplies the definitive contemporary history of education policy in the late twentieth century. Some of the leading educationalists reflect on the major legislative and structural changes in the field over the last 25 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, PART I Introduction verview1and historical, Introduction and rationale, PART II The changing institutional context, PART III Professionalism, accountability and standards, PART IV Issues of equality, PART V Conclusion, Index

Product details

• Authors: John Phillips Furlong
• Assisted by: John Furlong (Editor), Furlong John (Editor), Robert Phillips (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138166202
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16620-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Organization & management of education, History of Education, Educational administration and organization, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy