Clyde Chitty

Education Policy in Britain (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This text provides a clear overview and assessment of the educational policy systems at work in the UK. Accessibly written and covering pre-school and Higher Education policy-making as well as Primary and Secondary, the author examines the evolution of education policy from the Education Act of '44 to the academies of today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137320384
• Artikelnr.: 47898237

Autorenporträt

Clyde Chitty is Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. He is author, co-author or editor of over thirty books and reports on education, including Eugenics, Race and Intelligence in Education and New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. Why Education Matters.- 3. The Rise and Fall of the Post War Consensus.- 4. From Callaghan to Major: 1976-97.- 5. Diversity, Selection and the Measurement of Progress, 1997-2012.- 6. The Privatization of Education.- 7. The Changing Worlds of Education Policy.- 8. The Evolving Curriculum from 5 to 14.- 9. The 14-19 Continuum: Issues and Policies for Education and Training.- 10. Higher Education.- 11. Early Years and Childcare Strategies and the Concept of Lifelong Learning.- 12. Issues of Diversity, Equality and Citizenship.- Conclusion.