Educational systems and structures

Teacher education is continually undergoing change and this book takes a close look into the current status.

Teacher education is continually undergoing change and this book takes a close look into the current status.

This book provides an account of the curricular consequences of the outcomes approach to education (NVQs GNVQs etc).

This book provides an account of the curricular consequences of the outcomes approach to education (NVQs GNVQs etc).

An investigation into how schools can influence the developing values of young people is given in this book.

An investigation into how schools can influence the developing values of young people is given in this book.

The presentation of a practical model showing how three schools dealt with privatization.

The presentation of a practical model showing how three schools dealt with privatization.

School subjects and how they are viewed and positioned within education is the focus of this text.

First Published in 2004.

First Published in 2004.

Owing to daily work pressures and concerns, many teachers have little opportunity for considering and furthering their understanding of different issues surrounding assessment.

Owing to daily work pressures and concerns, many teachers have little opportunity for considering and furthering their understanding of different issues surrounding assessment.

School subjects and how they are viewed and positioned within education is the focus of this text.

Although curriculum is central to the schooling process, debates about it are rarely well informed.

Although curriculum is central to the schooling process, debates about it are rarely well informed.

The assessment of the National Curriculum has evolved from the first blueprint of the TGAT Report through a series of policy decisions and early experience of implementation.

The assessment of the National Curriculum has evolved from the first blueprint of the TGAT Report through a series of policy decisions and early experience of implementation.

This is an account of modern since the 1930s teaching.

This is an account of modern since the 1930s teaching.

What constitutes quality schooling?

What constitutes quality schooling?

This text provides an analysis of the efforts to establish systems of self-managing schools around the world.

This text provides an analysis of the efforts to establish systems of self-managing schools around the world.

Why do new legislative acts and regulations designed to improve schools have little impact on teaching?

Why do new legislative acts and regulations designed to improve schools have little impact on teaching?

Educational assessment, at one time a relatively uncontroversial subject, is now riven by a diversity of views.

Educational assessment, at one time a relatively uncontroversial subject, is now riven by a diversity of views.

This book is specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school.

This book is specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school.

School knowledge has been a subject for historians, notably in the field of history of education.

School knowledge has been a subject for historians, notably in the field of history of education.

This edited volume presents an inter- and multidisciplinary approach towards language teacher education, confronting the issues that have continued to pervade the field for the last two decades.

A critical overview of the current debate and topical thinking on international comparative investigations in mathematics education.

A critical overview of the current debate and topical thinking on international comparative investigations in mathematics education.

During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governments efforts to improve the provision of vocational education and training.

During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governments efforts to improve the provision of vocational education and training.

*Explores the best acknowledged ways to maintain and improve school education in the UK*Highlights ways for achieving required standards (such as DfEE standards)*Explores the need to find the right balance between external inspection and internal self-examination as methods for identifying sustainable improvements in schools.

*Explores the best acknowledged ways to maintain and improve school education in the UK*Highlights ways for achieving required standards (such as DfEE standards)*Explores the need to find the right balance between external inspection and internal self-examination as methods for identifying sustainable improvements in schools.

Contributors from around the world tackle the factors that have the greatest impact on creating quality learning opportunities for students: namely policy, school leadership and teaching/teachers' lives.

Contributors from around the world tackle the factors that have the greatest impact on creating quality learning opportunities for students: namely policy, school leadership and teaching/teachers' lives.

Assessment has become one of the key issues in primary education over the past 10 years.

Assessment has become one of the key issues in primary education over the past 10 years.

The National Curriculum is due for review.

The National Curriculum is due for review.

Ambitious programs of education reform have been introduced by many governments around the world.

Ambitious programs of education reform have been introduced by many governments around the world.

'Lifelong Learning' is a hot issue for educators across the world, as societies everywhere are concerned with developing a literate, skilled and flexible workforce and to widen participation in education at all levels and for all age-groups.

'Lifelong Learning' is a hot issue for educators across the world, as societies everywhere are concerned with developing a literate, skilled and flexible workforce and to widen participation in education at all levels and for all age-groups.

Volume 1 is concerned with the theoretical and conceptual framework for reflecting about values, culture and education and thus provides an introduction to the series as a whole.