Power, Politics, and the Playground: Perspectives on Power and Authority in Education
Author:   Don Carter (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) ,  Adrian Piccoli (UNSW, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032320281


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   10 June 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Power, Politics, and the Playground: Perspectives on Power and Authority in Education


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Author:   Don Carter (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) ,  Adrian Piccoli (UNSW, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9781032320281


ISBN 10:   1032320281
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   10 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Case study as a research methodology 2. Why getting schools right matters 3. Some observations on power and authority 4. The role of Parliament and politics in education 5. Schools, power and books 6. Being an education leader and acting like a dictator doesn’t work 7. The power that comes with experience 8. Accumulating, keeping and renewing power 9. Having clear guiding principles generates its own power 10. The two faces of education

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Don Carter is an associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney and has worked in a range of positions including teaching English (government and nongovernment schools), head of department, ESL consultant, inspector of schools and teacher education academic. He has published widely on education issues including literacy, curriculum history and teacher workload. Adrian Piccoli was the New South Wales Minister for Education (2011–2017) and a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for 19 years. As the former director of University of New South Wales’s Gonski Institute for Education, Adrian led a team of researchers to address inequality in Australian education and improve access to high-quality education for school students. In 2017, Adrian was made a fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders.

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