Key Issues in Education Policy (Education Studies: Key Issues) - Softcover

Ward, Stephen; Eden, Christine

 
9781847874665: Key Issues in Education Policy (Education Studies: Key Issues)

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This book deconstructs accepted notions and provides readers with the resources to discuss critically the role of the governments in education and schooling. The book examines government policy in a series of key areas, such as the curriculum, market forces, educational inequality, and race issues. Throughout, it considers the political and economic factors in education policy, introducing some of the fundamental concepts required to analyze the ideologies of education and the state. The authors explore the role of education policy in the context of the general direction of government policy, politics, and the economy, making links with other policy areas such as health, social services, home affairs, and foreign policy. They also explain the nature of government policy in terms of a globalization and the knowledge economy.

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Stephen Ward is Head of Education and Childhood Studies at Bath Spa University.

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ISBN 10:  1847874657 ISBN 13:  9781847874658
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009
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