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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of contributors; Foreword; Background; PART I Introduction: setting the scene; 1 History and overview of changes 1976-2014; 2 The revolution begins; PART II Schools; 3 The early years; 4 Primary education: can we escape the legacy of elementary education?; 5 Secondary education 1976-2015: a shire county view; 6 A view from the island: a very personal story; PART III Higher and further education; 7 Evolution of teacher training and professional development; 8 The evolving idea of a university; 9 Further education and the case for vocational preparation |
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PART IV Accountability, examinations, qualifications10 Assessment: the need to 'do nothing'; 11 Accountability and inspection; PART V Reflection on policy matters; 12 From 'optimism and trust' to 'markets and managerialism'; 13 Schools: a shifting landscape; 14 1944-2015: towards the nationalisation of education in England; PART VI Role of the media; 15 Media and education in the UK; Conclusions; 16 Stories from the field -- summarised; 17 The way forward for the next generation; Appendix: major education acts and reports; Subject index; Name index |
| Summary |
How much have teachers and their pupils benefitted from the top-down Westminster-led control of policy held in place by a powerful national inspection regime? A Generation of Radical Educational Change: Stories from the Field is an exploration of the revolutionary impact of the greater and continuing involvement of central government in education policy-making which began in 1976 and was accelerated by the 1988 Education Act and subsequent legislation. In the book, a dozen distinguished contributors from a wide range of sectors explain and reflect on how they worked to do their best for their schools, teachers and pupils in these years of great change. They understand the reasons, explained by Lord Baker in his early chapter, for a National Curriculum in 1988, and also the reasons for a more effective national inspection system. Yet their stories accumulate to become a powerful critique of the top-down policies of the last two decades. These policies have been too numerous, short-term, incoherent and partisan; governments have been indifferent to professional opinion and serious research, and have relied excessively on measurable outcomes and simplistic Ofsted judgments. Our current system is narrower and less democratic than it was, but evidence is hard to find that English pupils are doing any better in international comparisons. The combined reflections in this volume are timely in these years of lively educational debate as are the suggestions for future policy. A Generation of Radical Educational Change is an invaluable read for current and aspiring headteachers, policy makers and those with an interest in education policy and how it evolves |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Education and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Education and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century
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Educational change -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Educational change -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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Education and state
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Educational change
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Pring, Richard, editor.
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Roberts, Martin, 1941- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317376088 |
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1317376080 |
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9781315673417 |
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131567341X |
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9781317376095 |
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1317376099 |
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9781317376071 |
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1317376072 |
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