Education Policy & Politics

There has been much talk and effort focused on the educational achievement gap between white versus black, Hispanic and American Indian students. While there has been some movement the gap has not appreciably narrowed, and it has narrowed the least for Native American students. This volume addresses..

There has been much talk and effort focused on the educational achievement gap between white versus black, Hispanic and American Indian students. While there has been some movement the gap has not appreciably narrowed, and it has narrowed the least for Native American students. This volume addresses..

This volume gathers a cast of eminent scholars for a critical and comparitive analysis of how neoliberal education policies have functioned in a range of countries in different stages of economic development. Treating case studies from Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East, the volume shows..

This volume gathers a cast of eminent scholars for a critical and comparitive analysis of how neoliberal education policies have functioned in a range of countries in different stages of economic development. Treating case studies from Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East, the volume shows..

This book probes the intellectual foundations of scholarly inquiry into educational administration, policy, and politics. The contributors – all recognized scholars in the fields of educational organization, administration, policy and politics – tackle the question of epistemology directly, addressi..

This book probes the intellectual foundations of scholarly inquiry into educational administration, policy, and politics. The contributors – all recognized scholars in the fields of educational organization, administration, policy and politics – tackle the question of epistemology directly, addressi..

This third edition of Official Knowledge, a classic text from one of education’s most distinguished scholars, challenges readers to critically examine how certain knowledge comes to be “official,” and whose agendas this knowledge represents...

The national programme of four-yearly school inspections was introduced in 1993, based on common criteria set out in OFSTED’s Handbook for the Inspection of Schools. Revised guidelines were introduced in February 1996, reflecting the lessons learned, and this book, first published in 1996 articulate..

First published in 1984, this book records the history of the first 45 years of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC). The book provides an overview of the history and work of the organization and assesses how far the Council has achieved its objectives of increasing international un..

Using South Africa as a germane example of how curriculum and pedagogy can interact and affect educational outcomes, Pedagogy in Poverty explores the potential of curricula to improve education in developing and emerging economies worldwide, and, ultimately, to reduce inequality...

The authors provide a meeting-point for developmental psychology, sociology and education, to the illumination of all three. There is a concern with the daily life of ‘ordinary’children in ‘ordinary’ families. School reluctance – rather than the more clinical school phobia or truancy – is delicately..

This book explores what austerity means for children’s fundamental right to play, and highlights how funding withdrawal and disregard from politicians has affected the significance of play in child development. This book was first published as a special issue of the International Journal of Play...