This major text for Education Studies students provides a critical account of key issues in education today. The text features:A critical analysis of key issues in Education Studies to encourage students’ thinking about education in the broadest termsThemed sections with introductions to link the issues discussed in each chapterUse of specific examples of educational diversity to illustrate how concerns such as ethnicity, gender and class operate in educational institutionsAn examination of educational issues as they relate to other phases of educational provision, such as home schooling and universitiesEducation Studies: Issues and Critical Perspectives is an essential text for Education Studies students. It is also of value to students on QTS courses and students and professionals in areas such as sociology, childhood studies, community studies and education policy.
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This major text for Education Studies students provides a critical a critical analysis of key issues encourage students' thinking about education in the broadest terms.
Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Section 1: Inside the school Section introduction Early years education: mixed messages and conflicts Evidenced-based education: finding out what works and what hurts The politics of the National Numeracy and Literacy Strategies Shaping pedagogy from psychological ideas When evidence is not enough: freedom to choose versus prescribed choice: the case of Summerhill Section 2: Policy, politics and education Section introduction New Labour’s education policy England: educating for the twenty-first century What do we really know from school improvement and effectiveness research? Away with all teachers: the cultural politics of home learning New students: same old structures Section 3: Education at the margins Section introduction Stephen and Anthony: the continuing implications of the Macpherson report for teacher education Meeting the educational needs of forced migrants Education of looked after children: who cares? Women and state schools: Britain 1870 to present day Lifelong learning, just a slogan? The reality for working-class women Section 4: Global education: global issues Section introduction New Labour, globalisation and social justice: the role of teacher education Pakistan: whither educational reforms? Changing geographies of power in education: the politics of rescaling and its contradictions Education for sustainable development Index
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780335219728
Publisert
2006-08-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Open University Press
Vekt
451 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272