New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-34318-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 185 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2631 g

Reihe: Secondary Education in a Changing World

New Labour and Secondary Education, 1994-2010 assesses New Labour's policy towards secondary education in Britain. It shows that, in many respects, New Labour education policy was a continuation of the policies pursued by the education ministers of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chitty, C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Origins of Political Parties in Britain: Consensus or Conflict? 3. Labour Education Policy, 1944 to 1994: Fifty Years of Missed Opportunities and Uneasy Compromises 4. A Change of Direction: The Origins of New Labour's Education Philosophy 5. Choice, Diversity, and Selection: The Steady Abandonment of the Comprehensive Ideal 6. The Privatization of Education 7. The Erosion of the National Curriculum 8. International Perspectives 9. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Clyde Chitty is Visiting Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. He is the author, co-author, or editor of over 30 books and reports on education, including Thirty Years On (with Caroline Benn, 1996), Education Policy in Britain (2004, 2009), and Eugenics, Race and Intelligence in Education (2007). He was formerly Goldsmiths Professor of Policy and Management in Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London.