Education Studies Issues and Critical Perspectives

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

• ISBN13: 9780335219735
• ISBN10: 033521973X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• 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 termsThemed sections with introductions to link the issues discussed in each chapterUse of specific examples of educational diversity to illustrate how concerns such as ethnicity, gender and class operate in educational institutionsAn examination of educational issues as they relate to other phases of educational provision, such as home schooling and universitiesEducation 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

Early years education : mixed messages and conflicts	p. 5
Evidence-based education : finding out what works and what hurts	p. 18
The politics of the national literacy and numeracy strategies	p. 32
Shaping pedagogy from psychological ideas	p. 43
When evidence is not enough : freedom to choose versus prescribed choice : the case of Summerhill School	p. 56
New Labour's education policy	p. 73
England : educating for the twenty-first century	p. 87
What do we really know from school improvement and effectiveness research?	p. 99
Away with all teachers : the cultural politics of home learning	p. 110
New students : same old structures	p. 122
Stephen and Anthony : the continuing implications of the Macpherson Report for teacher education	p. 137
Meeting the educational needs of forced migrants	p. 149
Education of looked-after children : who cares?	p. 162
Women and state schools : Britain 1870 to present day	p. 174
Lifelong learning : just a slogan? : the reality for working-class women	p. 185
New Labour, globalisation and social justice : the role of teacher education	p. 201
Pakistan : whither educational reforms?	p. 211
Changing geographies of power in education : the politics of rescaling and its contradictions	p. 221
Education for sustainable development	p. 233
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