Understanding Education Policy

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTDISBN: 9781529757743

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By Chris Rolph
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Chris Rolph is the Director of Nottingham Institute of Education at Nottingham Trent University. It has a long history of training school teachers, and is a recognised centre for the study of education. Chris has taught on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, usually contributing to modules on education policy and practice. He supervises a number of doctoral candidates and is an active researcher, with interests in accountability and performativity, and the outworking of education policy into practice. Before joining Nottingham Trent Chris spent more than 20 years teaching physics in secondary schools. He was a subject leader and Advanced Skills Teacher before becoming a headteacher; he then led 3 schools over the next 13 years. During this time he carried out small research projects and published several papers relating to educational policy.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Education: the fate of the country - the development of education policy Chapter 3: 21st Century solutions - the marketisation of education Chapter 4: Accountability: the struggle over the teacher's soul Chapter 5: Leadership and Governance: quest and paradox Chapter 6: Resources: Managing the unmanageable Chapter 7: Curriculum: The substance of education Chapter 8: Pedagogy: the act and discourse of teaching Chapter 9: Inclusion: A failed ideology? Chapter 10: : Social Justice: the triumph of equity over efficiency Chapter 11: Non-compulsory Education: a joined-up system? Chapter 12: Conclusion: "there needs to be glue"

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