Schooling in Western Europe The New Order and its Adversaries

by Jones, Ken; Innes, Rosalind; Cunchillos, Chomin; Klausenitzer, Jürgen; Hirtt, Nico; Hatcher, Richard; Johsua, Samy

• ISBN13: 9780230551435
• ISBN10: 0230551432
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780230579934
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This is an analysis of the changes that are transforming the school systems of Western Europe, charting the terms and extent of conflicts around the new policy orthodoxy.

Author Biography

CHOMIN CUNCHILLOS is a Secondary School Teacher, IES "Emperatriz Maria de Austria", Spain RICHARD HATCHER is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Central England, UK NICO HIRTT teaches Physics in Secondary Education in Belgium ROSALIND INNES is a Lecturer at the University of Basilicata, Italy SAMY JOHSUA is Professor of Education Science, University Aix en Provence, France KEN JONES is Professor of Education, Keele University, UK JUERGEN KLAUSENITZER is a retired teaching professional in Germany

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors	p. vi
List of Abbreviations	p. vii
An Emerging Order	p. 1
The Europeanisation of Schooling?	p. 29
System Change: Local Autonomy and the Evaluative State	p. 46
Privatisation: From the Margins to the Centre	p. 65
Inequality Remade	p. 87
Teaching and Learning - The Terms of Modernisation	p. 107
Symbolic Worlds	p. 130
Human Resources: Students	p. 147
The Agency of Teachers	p. 165
Unconcluded	p. 185
References	p. 206
Index	p. 222
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