Increasing demands on institutions to deliver set targets and value for money has led to an erosion of the notion of staff development. The authors explore the tensions between the personal needs of the individual and the demands of managers.
This book explores the impacts of the introduction of new teacher evaluation policies on teachers and head teachers in Japan, particularly that of pro..
This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of major issues and challenges faced by the education system, ranging from pre-school to high..
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) has emerged in recent decades as an important policy area and policy concept. This volume provides a range of empi..
Bringing together the different strands of improvement strategies, including action research, systematic problem solving, educational change, teacher ..
This book's findings are based on a radical study of twelve schools over two years that not only sought the opinions of teachers but actively encourga..
All those with an interest in higher education and higher education research will find this comprehensive collection of the past two decades' most inf..
Bringing together a broad range of leading writers, this challenging and hard-hitting book offers a wealth of innovative ideas to make schooling much ..
Students and researchers interested in how principles of inclusive education are being translated into educational practices around the world will fin..
For the first time one of the UK's leading historians of education presents eighteen of his key writings in one place. Aldrich introduces his own work..
This volume delivers a selection of papers presented at an international teaching conference on issues of theory and practice. These key topics will b..
This book seeks to develop different approaches to policy analysis through a discursive and rhetorical engagement with the themes of flexibility and l..
Human Resource Management in Education debates the fundamental question of how far effective human resource management policies can enable schools and..