Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-22612-2
Verlag: Open University Press
The book is split into three sections. The first section deals with issues raised by locating post compulsory education within a wider social, political and economic context. The second section looks at issues raised by considering post compulsory education in its organizational context. The third section looks at methodological issues connected with conducting research in post compulsory settings.
The format for each section includes overviews with self-assessment exercises, followed by different authors pursuing particular lines of inquiry, finishing with suggestions for ways in which readers might engage in debate and research.
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Preface
Introduction
Part one: Post compulsory education in context
In defence of vocationalism
The changed nexus between work and education
Part two: The organization of post-compulsory education
Managerialism and professionalism in post-compulsory education
Accountability and effectiveness in post-compulsory education
Part three: Conducting research in educational settings
The case for action research
The truths about educational research
Bibliography
Index.