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Author:   Hugh Lauder (University of Bath, UK) ,  Cathy Wylie
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415501019

ISBN 10:   0415501016
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   08 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Citizens or consumers? the politics of educational reform, H.Lauder, et al; education and the role of the state - devolution and control post-picot, J.Codd, et al; education, democracy and the crisis of the welfare state, H.Lauder; power to the people? the Great Education Reform Act and tomorrow's schools - a critical and comparative perspective, J.Evans and B.Davies; the politics of reforming Maori education, G.Hingangaroa Smith; `I Just Wanna Decent Job', working class girls' education - perspectives and policy issues, A.Jones; notes on the schooling of the English working class - what lessons for New Zealand? a comparative briefing paper, G.Grace; the politics of curriculum innovation, G.I.A.R.Khan; towards pluralism and democracy - the administration of an inner city school, R.Heinz; public examination and the structuring of inequality - a case study, D.Hughes and H.Lauder; illiteracy, improper literacy and the development of an underclass, C.Lankshear; towards an alternative transition education policy, W.Korndorffer; trade union education and democracy, L.Sissons; work and education, A.Scott and J.Freeman-Moir.

Reviews

`Makes an original contribution to educational understanding, and presents its evidence with human generosity and great complexity of detail.' Observer `A brilliant study of the effect of a grammar-school education on working-class children and their families.' New Statesman `Deserves the most careful study by politicians, administrators, teachers and parents' Sunday Times

<p> Makes an original contribution to educational understanding, and presents its evidence with human generosity and great complexity of detail. Observer<p><p> A brilliant study of the effect of a grammar-school education on working-class children and their families. New Statesman<p><p> Deserves the most careful study by politicians, administrators, teachers and parents Sunday Times

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Hugh Lauder (University of Bath, UK)  (Edited by) ,  Cathy Wylie (Edited by)

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