Exploring key issues in education / edited by Derek Kassem and Dean Garratt

Contributor(s):

Kassem, Derek;Garratt, Dean [editor;editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Continuum International Publishing Group, c2009Description: x, 183 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9781847060846

Subject(s):

EDUCATION

LOC classification:

LA 632 .E97 2009

Contents:

1. Why do politicians always sound the same? -- 2. Academies: the privatization of education -- 3. Standards, testing and reality -- 4. Choice: public, private and parents -- 5. Faith schools: diversity or division? -- 6. White working-class kids: why are they failing? -- 7. Inclusive education: where are the gypsies and travellers? -- 8. Inner-city education -- 9. Learning from Europe: social pedagogy and looked-after children -- 10. The impact of HIV/AIDS: education as a window of hope for the future? -- 11. No child left behind, really?

Summary: A textbook for Education Studies that provides an insight into some of the issues and dilemmas that face education from a UK perspective and internationally. This book considers whether reform changes have really been for the better, with chapters on academies and the privatisation of education; and standards and testing.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation	Gen. Ed - CEAS	GC LA 632 .E97 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000011753

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A textbook for Education Studies that provides an insight into some of the issues and dilemmas that face education from a UK perspective and internationally. This book considers whether reform changes have really been for the better, with chapters on academies and the privatisation of education; and standards and testing.

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