Education Studies Issues and Critical Perspectives

by Kassem, Derek; Mufti, Emmanuel; Robinson, John

• ISBN13: 9780335219728
• ISBN10: 0335219721
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

This major text for Education Studies students provides a critical account of key issues in education today. The text features: A critical analysis of key issues in Education Studies to encourage students' thinking about education in the broadest terms Themed sections with introductions to link the issues discussed in each chapter Use of specific examples of educational diversity to illustrate how concerns such as ethnicity, gender and class operate in educational institutions An examination of educational issues as they relate to other phases of educational provision, such as home schooling and universities Education Studies: Issues and Critical Perspectives is an essential text for Education Studies students. It is also of value to students on QTS courses and students and professionals in areas such as sociology, childhood studies, community studies and education policy.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Foreword	xv
SECTION 1 Inside the school	1	(68)
Section introduction
1 ANGELA ANNING
Early years education: mixed messages and conflicts	5	(13)
2 CAROL TAYLOR FITZ-GIBBON
Evidence-based education: finding out what works and what hurts	18	(14)
3 LISA MURPHY, DEREK KASSEM AND GEOFF FENWICK
The politics of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies	32	(11)
4 DIANA BURTON AND STEVE BARTLETT
Shaping pedagogy from psychological ideas	43	(13)
5 MICHAEL NEWMAN
When evidence is not enough: freedom to choose versus prescribed choice: the case of Summerhill School	56	(13)
SECTION 2 Policy, politics and education
Section introduction	69	(53)
6 DAVE HILL
New Labour's education policy	73	(14)
7 KATE MACDONALD
England: educating for the twenty-first century	87	(12)
8 ROBERT COE
What do we really know from school improvement and effectiveness research?	99	(11)
9 MICHAEL APPLE
Away with all teachers: the cultural politics of home learning	110	(12)
10 EMMANUEL MUFTI
New students: same old structures	122	(11)
SECTION 3 Education at the margins
Section introduction	133	(4)
11 IRENE ROBINSON AND JOHN ROBINSON
Stephen and Anthony: the continuing implications of the Macpherson Report for teacher education	137	(12)
12 JILL RUTTER
Meeting the educational needs of forced migrants	149	(13)
13 DEREK KASSEM
Education of looked-after children: who cares?	162	(12)
14 JANE MARTIN
Women and state schools: Britain 1870 to present day	174	(11)
15 DIANE GRANT
Lifelong learning: just a slogan? The reality for working-class women	185	(12)
SECTION 4 Global education: global issues
Section introduction	197	(4)
16 MIKE COLE
New Labour, globalisation and social justice: the role of teacher education	201	(10)
17 ANIL KHAMIS
Pakistan: whither educational reforms?	211	(10)
18 SUSAN ROBERTSON AND ROGER DALE
Changing geographies of power in education: the politics of resealing and its contradictions	221	(12)
19 JOHN ROBINSON AND TONY SHALLCROSS
Education for sustainable development	233	(16)
Index	249