Education Policy (eBook, PDF)

Philosophical Critique
Redaktion: Smith, Richard

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Produktbeschreibung

Education Policy sees 12 philosophers of education critique current and recent UK educational policies relating to higher education and faith-based education, assessment, the teaching of reading, vocational and civic education, teacher education, the influence of Europe and the idea of the 'Big Society'. * Twelve philosophers of education subject elements of current and recent UK educational policy to critique * Forthright and critical, the contributors are unafraid to challenge current orthodoxies * Offers thought-provoking insights into modern education policy * Wide-ranging topics cover higher education and faith-based education, assessment, the teaching of reading, vocational and civic education, teacher education, the influence of Europe and the idea of the 'Big Society'

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118680575
• Artikelnr.: 39123027

Autorenporträt

Richard Smith is Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK. His most recent publications include the Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education (with Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers and Paul Standish, joint eds, Blackwell, 2003), The Therapy of Education (with Paul Smeyers and Paul Standish, 2006) and Evidence-based Educational Policy: What Evidence? What Basis? Whose Policy? (with David Bridges and Paul Smeyers, joint eds, Blackwell, 2009). His principal research interests are in the philosophy of education and the philosophy of social science.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors vii Introduction 1 Richard Smith 1 The Role of Policy
in Philosophy of Education: An Argument and an Illustration 5 John White 2
Alluring Ideas: Cherry Picking Policy from Around the World 18 Carrie
Winstanley 3 'The Only Answer is Innovation . . .': Europe, Policy and the
Big Society 34 Naomi Hodgson 4 A New Dawn for Faith-Based Education?
Opportunities for Religious Organisations in the UK's New School System 47
Michael Hand 5 A Monstrous Regimen of Synthetic Phonics: Fantasies of
Research-Based Teaching 'Methods' versus Real Teaching 60 Andrew Davis 6
The Future of Teacher Education 74 Alis Oancea and Janet Orchard 7 Two
Concepts of Assessment 89 Gerard Lum 8 Vocational and Civic Education:
Whither British Policy? 103 Christopher Winch 9 Education under the Heel of
Caesar: Reading UK Higher Education Reform through Shakespeare's Antony and
Cleopatra 118 Sophie Ward 10 Improving the Student Experience 129 Elizabeth
Staddon and Paul Standish 11 University Futures 147 Richard Smith 12 What
Lessons Can We Learn? 160 W. A. Hart Index 170