Education Policy

This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of major issues and challenges faced by the education system, ranging from pre-school to higher education. It analyses the prospects for educational development in Hong Kong. It further addresses how the Hong Kong government has responded to t..

Thinking about teaching in educational terms has become increasingly difficult because of the dominant conceptions of higher education and the fact that assumptions about social mobility, usefulness, and the economic advantages of higher education can no longer be taken for granted. This book explor..

Thinking about teaching in educational terms has become increasingly difficult because of the dominant conceptions of higher education and the fact that assumptions about social mobility, usefulness, and the economic advantages of higher education can no longer be taken for granted. This book explor..

Originally published in 1994, this book offers a number of insights into the general debate about performance indicators in education at the time. It explores the background to the debate; the differing perspectives of policy-makers and practitioners; and the purpose, audiences and values of educati..

Mentoring is now established across the world as a central part of teacher training. This book, the first wide-ranging academic critique of the concept and its application, draws contributions from Europe, the USA and the Middle East...

Mentoring is now established across the world as a central part of teacher training. This book, the first wide-ranging academic critique of the concept and its application, draws contributions from Europe, the USA and the Middle East...

The work of Michel Foucault has become a major resource for educational researchers seeking to understand how education makes us what we are. This book explores how Foucault’s work is used in a variety of ways to explore the ‘hows’ and ‘whos’ of education policy – its technologies, subjectivities, o..

Published in 1996, this book presents a broad overview of the development of educational policy for schools in England and Wales since Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative administration took office in 1979...

Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, in..

Negotiating Political Identities will appeal to educationists, sociologists and political scientists whose work concerns issues of migration, identity, citizenship and ethnicity. It will also be an invaluable source of evidence for policymakers and professionals concerned with balancing cultural div..

Neoliberalism and Education reflects on the establishment of neoliberalism as the new global orthodoxy in the field of education, and considers what this means for social justice and inclusion. Contributors examine policy, practice, and pedagogical considerations covering different dimensions of (in..

This book discusses the establishment of neoliberalism as the new global orthodoxy in the field of education. Contributors examine policy, and pedagogical considerations covering different dimensions of (in)equality, including disability, race, gender, and class. It was published as a special issue ..