This book aims to make sense of the changes in education policy over the past decade, using the resources of the sociology and politics of education. The author shows that wider sociological perspectives can help us to appreciate both the limits and...
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This book aims to make sense of the changes in education policy over the past decade, using the resources of the sociology and politics of education. The author shows that wider sociological perspectives can help us to appreciate both the limits and the possibilities of educational change. Geoff Whitty illustrates this through studies of curriculum innovation, school choice, teacher professionalism and school improvement. He considers how far education policy can be used to foster social inclusion and social justice and the book concludes with an assessment of New Labour education policy in th
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-164) and index
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Cover; Contents ; 1 Introduction: Sociology and Education Policy; 2 School Knowledge and Social Education; 3 Devolution and Choice in Three Countries; 4 Re-Forming Teacher Professionalism for New Times; 5 Consumer Rights versus Citizen Rights in Contemporary Education Policy; 6 The Overt and Hidden Curricula of Quasi-Markets; 8 New Labour, Education Policy and Educational Research; References ; Index