Educational Policy & Politics
27 Volume Set
Routledge Library Editions: Education Mini-Set D
Originally published between 1927 and 1991.
The volumes cover the economics and politics of education, assessment, the influence of national ideologies in education and the role of religion in education, as well as examining the politics of private versus state education.
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The Micro-Politics of the School
Towards a Theory of School Organization
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Stephen Ball’s micro-political theory of school organization is a radical departure from traditional theories. He rejects a prescriptive ‘top down’ approach and directly addresses the interest and concerns of teachers and current problems facing schools. In doing so he raises question about the...
Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
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Politics and Policy Making in Education
Explorations in Sociology
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Based on interviews with key actors in the policy-making process, this book maps the changes in education policy and policy making in the Thatcherite decade. The focus of the book is the 1988 Education Reform Act, its origins, purposes and effects, and it looks behind the scenes at the priorities...
Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
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Bringing Learning to Life
The Learning Revolution, The Economy and the Individual
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
In an age of intense economic competition and continual change, the ability to learn is a key factor in survival and prosperity. This book examines the changing interaction of the world economy, Britain’s prospects for prosperity, the connections between different kinds of work and the learning...
Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
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Assessment, Schools and Society
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
The 1970s saw a growing worldwide pre-occupation with school assessment; Britain witnessed lengthy debate in response to the proposals for examination reform initiated by the Schools Council, and the setting up of an Assessment of Performance Unit to monitor standards of achievement. This book...
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Changing Educational Assessment
International Perspectives and Trends
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Assessment is a key area of interest and debate in education. Its increased use by governments as a powerful means of influencing educational practice are now features of the educational scene worldwide. This volume was the first major international review of such developments and it explores the...
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Church, Community and State in Relation to Education
Towards a Theory of School Organization
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This volume was originally prepared for the World Conference on Church, Community and State held in Oxford in 1937. Its aim was to understand the nature of the vital conflict between the Christian faith and the secular tendencies of the early twentieth century, particularly in relation to education...
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Essays on Political Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
In the 1960s and 1970s there was a remarkable development of interest in political education not only in Britain but also in other countries, namely the USA, Germany and Australia. This volume provides scholars and teachers in this field with a picture of British work in the area of political...
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The Ecology of the School
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Within a single educational system – that of England and Wales – the nature of schooling available to a child can be dramatically different. Even between residential areas the differences in educational climate can be striking. Apart from differences in the organization of schools and the...
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Child-Centred Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This volume is a critical study of one of today’s most controversial topics in educational theory, setting the many arguments in perspective and clarifying the issues that arise when attention is focused on the learner. The author examines the problems of individual education, the distinctive...
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Political Education in a Democracy
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
In this volume the author analyzes the relationships of concepts such as socialization and political education, explains those aspects of the theory and practice of democracy that are especially relevant for schools, and suggests ways in which teachers can better provide for the political education...
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Education and the Urban Crisis
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Based on two conferences, this volume explores trends during the 1960s and 1970s in inner city areas in the United Kingdom. It describes how the inner city is losing jobs and skilled workers and, as the population falls, the number of disadvantaged people and those claiming benefits is increasing....
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The Challenge For the Comprehensive School
Culture, Curriculum and Community
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
By 1982 the ambitious claims made for newly established comprehensive schools were being put to the test. How effectively does the comprehensive meet the needs of all young people? Do urban, working-class students enjoy more success than in the secondary modern schools? Are they more engaged in...
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Christianity in Education
The Hibbert Lectures 1965
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
The Christian churches have frequently pioneered educational advances – from the seventh century down to the nineteenth. Schools, universities and colleges of education stand as tangible evidence of these efforts. Do all these ventures belong merely to educational history – relics of the days when...
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The Tory Mind on Education
1979-1994
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This book discusses conservative education policies since 1979 by referring to beliefs, values and attitudes. It relates ideology to policies and provides some background about the years before 1979 – definitions of Conservatism and descriptions of Tory beliefs and traditional Conservative views on...
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Creativity and Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
The author gives a lucid account of creativity and its educational context. He discusses the creative process, the character of different kinds of creativity, creative people, developing creativity, and the creative child at school, to give his readers an understanding of the issues that home or...
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Broken Ground
John F Kennedy and the Politics of Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Throughout United States history, and particularly from the 1930s through the 1960s, education was a sensitive political issue which preoccupied Congresses, Presidents and interest groups. By the time of John F Kennedy’s Presidency federal aid to education was all but inevitable but the...
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Education for Sale
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Teachers, schools and education authorities invariably hide their considerable lights and their public relations techniques are often inadequate for broadcasting the invaluable work accomplished in schools. This book offers clear-cut and highly –practical advice for every teacher from pre-school to...
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Learning for Life
Politics and Progress in Recurrent Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Although the 1970s and 1980s witnessed a widespread reaction against investment in education there has been an extraordinary growth of interest in recurrent education. This book, sponsored by the Association for Recurrent Education, reports these considerable developments in both theory and...
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Aspects of Educational Change
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
In recent years teachers have realized that change has become a permanent factor on the educational scene and therefore its operation or mechanism must not just be accepted, or even rejected, but above all understood. This book presents an approach towards some real understanding of educational...
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Perspectives on School at Seven Years Old
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This volume looks at the social and intellectual forces which the child encounters in class-room and playground from the parent’s point of view. School and home are seen as the separate yet overlapping worlds of childhood – for some children more uncompromisingly separated than for others. In the...
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The Education Industry
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
In one sense, education was always a service industry. This book examines the quality as well as the quantity of contemporary education as it answers the following questions: Are we getting value for money? What makes a good teacher? What sort of education do we want? In the UK in the twentieth...
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The Menace of Nationalism in Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Written between the two World Wars this volume examines education from the American, British, French & German perspectives and the degree to which the portrayal of those countries in school textbooks contributes to nationalism or world peace....
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The Economics of Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This book is a survey of the principal aspects of the economics of education, such as the demand for education as consumption and as an investment, good education and economic growth, education and manpower needs, and the finance of education. In some cases in recent years, economic theory has been...
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Where State Education Fails
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Despite being published in the early part of the twentieth century many of the issues this volume discusses are still being debated in education today. The author maintains that state education is not functioning as it should – that the output is not commensurate with the outlay, that education has...
Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
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The Drama of Schooling: The Schooling of Drama
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
Starratt’s highly original book offers fresh insights into the nature of teaching, learning, schooling as a multi-cultural, social enterprise, and the importance of vision for that leadership—by using the analogy of drama. Schooling is a preparation to participate in the social drama, both as an...
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The Changing Urban School
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
The author takes a long look at what goes on in schools, and the roles played by people specifically concerned with them: but finally the problems of the school are seen as indissolubly bound up with the changes that have overtaken urban life. The school cannot be isolated, teachers, administrators...
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The Costs of Education
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This is the first book which authoritatively reviews the UK expenditure on education from 1920 – 1955, both by local authorities and private schools. The book takes the main elements of education in turn and discusses them in detail. There are original studies of local authority finance, of...
Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge