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020 _a9781847060846
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050 _aLA 632 .E97 2009
245 0 _aExploring key issues in education /
_cedited by Derek Kassem and Dean Garratt
260 _aLondon, United Kingdom :
_bContinuum International Publishing Group,
_cc2009
300 _ax, 183 pages ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a1. 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?
520 _aA 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.
650 _aEDUCATION
700 _aKassem, Derek;Garratt, Dean
_eeditor;editor
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