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Published: 1st May 2000
ISBN: 9780335201884
Number Of Pages: 240
Learn moreThis important book takes a fresh look at educational change - a concept which is in frequent use but rarely examined for the variety of meanings it conveys. It brings together the ideas of major educational change theorists from three continents, and invites the reader to explore the idea of educational change at a number of levels and from a variety of perspectives.
There is much talk about the pace of social change in, and the growing complexity of, industrial societies. In this book a number of well-known international researchers attempt to analyse the meaning of contemporary social change for education.
Particular emphasis is given to the implications for:
* the personal and social development of students
* schools as organizations
* the school curriculum
* the teaching profession
* educational policy formation
* education research
| Notes on contributors | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Educational change and policy formation | p. 11 |
| Economic change, educational policy formation and the role of the state | p. 13 |
| How education became nobody's business | p. 20 |
| Developing under developing circumstances: the personal and social development of students and the process of schooling | p. 37 |
| The relationship between social and educational change | p. 53 |
| Community, school change and strategic networking | p. 55 |
| Social change and the individual: changing patterns of community and the challenge for schooling | p. 66 |
| Social change, subject matter--and the teacher | p. 75 |
| Conceptualizing school change processes | p. 85 |
| Changing school cultures | p. 87 |
| Some elements of a micro-political theory of school development | p. 99 |
| Changing conceptions of action research | p. 111 |
| Preparing teachers for creative engagement with educational change | p. 123 |
| Reflective education and school culture: the socialization of student teachers | p. 125 |
| Case study and case records: a conversation about the Hathaway Project | p. 136 |
| Experts of the future? | p. 146 |
| Teacher control and the reform of professional development | p. 159 |
| Overview | p. 173 |
| Towards a synoptic vision of educational change in advanced industrial societies | p. 175 |
| Index | p. 221 |
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ISBN: 9780335201884
ISBN-10: 0335201881
Series: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Education OUP
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 240
Published: 1st May 2000
Publisher: Open University Press
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.1 x 15.5
x 1.4
Weight (kg): 0.45
Edition Number: 1
