Title Making sense of education policy : studies in the sociology and politics of education / Geoff Whitty

Published London : Paul Chapman Pub. ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2002 London : P.C.P, 2002

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Description viii, 168 pages ; 24 cm Contents 1. Introduction: sociology and education policy -- 2. School knowledge and social education / with Peter Aggleton and Gabrielle Rowe -- 3. Devolution and choice in three countries / with Sally Power -- 4. Re-forming teacher professionalism for new times -- 5. Consumer rights versus citizen rights in contemporary education policy -- 6. The overt and hidden curricula of quasi-markets / with Sally Power -- 7. School improvement and social inclusion: limits and possibilities -- 8. New Labour, education policy and educational research Summary Annotation Analysis Curriculum Education policy Educational achievement Great Britain International comparisons Market forces Overseas item Social choice Teachers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-164) and index Subject Education and state -- England. Education and state -- Great Britain. Education and state -- Wales. Education -- Curricula -- Great Britain. Educational change -- England. Educational change -- Wales. Educational sociology. LC no. 2002105582 ISBN 0761974512 0761974520 (paperback)

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