| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Introduction and historical overview; Introduction and rationale; Education, the state and the politics of reform: the historical context, 1976 2001; The changing institutional context; The colonisation of the primary curriculum; Affirming and contesting the comprehensive ideal: from common schooling to selection?; Further education: a suitable case for treatment?; Creating a mass system of higher education: participation, the economy and citizenship |
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Educational devolution and nation building in Wales: a different 'Great Debate?'Professionalism, accountability and standards; The reinvention of teacher professionalism; Reforming teacher education, re-forming teachers: accountability, professionalism and competence; Empowerment or performativity? Assessment policy in the late twentieth century; Standards, achievement and educational performance: a cause for celebration?; Issues of equality; Special needs education from Warnock t |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education and state -- England.
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Education and state -- Wales.
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Educational change -- England.
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Educational change -- Wales.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Furlong, John, 1947-
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Phillips, Robert, 1959-
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| ISBN |
0203469550 |
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0415237645 (paperback) |
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058545731X (electronic bk.) |
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9780415237642 (paperback) |
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9780203469552 |
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9780585457314 (electronic bk.) |
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