Policy And Practice In Primary Education

Author : Robin Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135100438

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Detailed accounts of two influential initiatives of the 1990s, whose educational and political lessons remain highly relevant: systemic and pedagogic reform in one of Britain’s largest cities, and the controversial ‘three wise men’ government enquiry into primary teaching to which it led. Alexander's controversial and widely-read report on primary education in Leeds has now been revised as a major study of policy initiatives in primary education and their impact on practice. The book examines an ambitious programme of local reform aimed at improving teaching and learning in the primary schools of one of Britain's largest cities. It addresses important questions about children's needs, the curriculum, classroom practice and school management. When first published, Robin Alexander's report was hailed as `seminal' and `the most important document since Plowden' but it was also quoted and misquoted in support of widely opposed political and media agendas. This new edition retains Part I from the first edition, detailing the impact of Leeds LEA's programme for educational reform. However, it also provides a totally new and greatly extended Part II, which gives an insider's account of the sequel to the Leeds report - the government's 1992 'three wise men' report. There is also a new introduction.

Author : Stephen McCloskey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137324665

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Development Education in Policy and Practice by Stephen McCloskey Pdf

Development education is a radical form of learning that addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice in the global North and South. This volume debates development education practice and the policy environment in which it is delivered. It affirmatively points to the transformative power of education as a means toward social change.

Author : Andrew Pollard,Pat Triggs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847143686

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What Pupils Say by Andrew Pollard,Pat Triggs Pdf

The result of a research project, this work, an attempt to report on what has actually been happening in our schools, answers such questions as: what difference have education reforms made to pupils' experience in schools? and how has recent education policy impacted on children today?

Author : Alison E. C. Struthers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351782821

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Teaching Human Rights in Primary Schools by Alison E. C. Struthers Pdf

Teaching Human Rights in Primary Schools delves into the important issue of Human Rights Education (HRE) implementation, exploring the nature and extent of HRE in education policy and practice in English primary schooling, and seeking to understand the reasons for deficiencies in practice in this area. HRE enables people not only to identify rights violations in their own lives, but also equips them with the knowledge, values and skills required to accept, defend and promote human rights more broadly. An awareness of human rights is therefore crucial, no matter what a person’s age, and as such it is vital that information about human rights is included within formal education. Beginning with an overview of the relevant international obligations and agreements related to HRE, Struthers then demonstrates that these are ostensibly not currently being met in either policy or practice in England. The book then draws upon current literature and empirical research with teachers to explore and analyse the barriers to HRE implementation. While the book uses the specific context of English primary education, it makes broad interdisciplinary recommendations concerning how the provision of HRE could be improved, which will be relevant to other countries instituting programmes of HRE or values and citizenship education. Interdisciplinary in nature and addressing HRE at both the international and domestic levels, this book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students in both education and law. It will be of particular interest to those engaged in the study of human rights, children’s rights and education law, as well as those interested in curriculum policy and development, teaching methodologies and the sociology of education. It should also be essential reading for teacher educators, teachers and policymakers.

Author : Pam Denicolo,Michael Kompf
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415362245

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Connecting Policy and Practice by Pam Denicolo,Michael Kompf Pdf

This volume delivers a selection of papers presented at an international teaching conference on issues of theory and practice. These key topics will be of interest to novice and veteran teachers, policy makers and all education professionals.

Author : Susan Denman,Alysoun Moon,Carl Parsons,David Stears
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134553600

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The Health Promoting School by Susan Denman,Alysoun Moon,Carl Parsons,David Stears Pdf

Under the UK Labour Government (1997-2001) there have been clear signs of a willingness to revive the 'pastoral' curriculum in schools and to develop stronger links between the health and eductaion sectors. This book, based on empirical work undertaken in England and throughout Europe, explores such government policy and in particular the development of the health promoting school. The authors provide a detailed examination of the health promoting school movement in Europe, including application of concepts, policies, research and practice to the National Healthy Schools Standards in England. A whole school approach to the promotion of health, well-being and educational achievement is taken throughout the book. This approach includes analysis of such subjects and issues as: personal, social and health education; citizenship; environmental education; democracy; self-esteem; social capital and empowerment. The Health Promoting School: Policy, Research and Practice is a timely publication that will serve to inform the practice of teachers in schools and higher education, school management, student teachers and health professionals, health promotion and public health specialists.

Author : Robin J. Alexander,John Willcocks
Publisher : Falmer Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:609525971

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Policy and Practice in Primary Education by Robin J. Alexander,John Willcocks Pdf

Author : Andrew Pollard,Pat Triggs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847143686

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What Pupils Say by Andrew Pollard,Pat Triggs Pdf

The result of a research project, this work, an attempt to report on what has actually been happening in our schools, answers such questions as: what difference have education reforms made to pupils' experience in schools? and how has recent education policy impacted on children today?

Author : Sheila Aikman,Elaine Unterhalter
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0855985291

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Beyond Access by Sheila Aikman,Elaine Unterhalter Pdf

This book combines analysis of policy and empirically based studies on gender, education, and development.

Author : Andrew Pollard,Patricia Broadfoot,Elizabeth McNess,Marilyn Osborn,Pat Triggs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847143525

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What Teachers Do by Andrew Pollard,Patricia Broadfoot,Elizabeth McNess,Marilyn Osborn,Pat Triggs Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of the work of teachers as it impinges on children, colleagues, other professionals, managers, parents, the community, and educational policy. In the process it relates theoretical perspectives to 15 detailed case studies.

Author : Andrew Pollard,Patricia Broadfoot,Elizabeth McNess,Marilyn Osborn,Pat Triggs
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 0826450733

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What Teachers Do by Andrew Pollard,Patricia Broadfoot,Elizabeth McNess,Marilyn Osborn,Pat Triggs Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of the work of teachers as it impinges on children, colleagues, other professionals, managers, parents, the community, and educational policy. In the process it relates theoretical perspectives to 15 detailed case studies.

Author : Bernard Spolsky,Young-in Moon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136236587

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Primary School English-Language Education in Asia by Bernard Spolsky,Young-in Moon Pdf

In Asia, English is no longer a foreign language but a key resource for education, government, business and the general public. Whereas thirty years ago, British and American experts believed that the best way to improve the quality of English teaching was to cancel any programs below the secondary level, Asian nations as well as European are now introducing English in primary school. But there are major obstacles to overcome: the training of enough local teachers or the hiring of English speakers, the preparation of suitable teaching materials, the development of useful tests, and the design of workable curriculums. The chapters in this book, written by leading English-teaching professionals in seven Asian countries and originally delivered at the 2010 annual conference of Asia TEFL which took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, describe and analyze national policies and how they are implemented. The coverage is wide: China with its huge number of students learning English, Japan working to make the transition from elementary to secondary school seamless, Singapore continuing to use English as medium of instruction for its multilingual population, Korea developing English education policies to recognize the increased role of English alongside the national language, India building on its colonial past to make English an economic resource, Vietnam fitting English into a program of national rebuilding, and Taiwan spreading its English teaching outside the national capital. This is not a report of the views of outside experts, but of local experiences understood by local scholars of international standing. Policy makers, educators, researchers and scholars will be able to gain valuable insights from Asian experts.

Author : Robin J. Alexander
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education, Elementary
ISBN : 9780415128377

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Policy and Practice in Primary Education by Robin J. Alexander Pdf

This second edition provides an insider's account of the 'Three Wise Men' episode.

Author : Robin Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138418439

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Policy and Practice in Primary Education by Robin Alexander Pdf

Detailed accounts of two influential initiatives of the 1990s, whose educational and political lessons remain highly relevant: systemic and pedagogic reform in one of Britain�s largest cities, and the controversial �three wise men� government enquiry into primary teaching to which it led. Alexander's controversial and widely-read report on primary education in Leeds has now been revised as a major study of policy initiatives in primary education and their impact on practice. The book examines an ambitious programme of local reform aimed at improving teaching and learning in the primary schools of one of Britain's largest cities. It addresses important questions about children's needs, the curriculum, classroom practice and school management. When first published, Robin Alexander's report was hailed as `seminal' and `the most important document since Plowden' but it was also quoted and misquoted in support of widely opposed political and media agendas. This new edition retains Part I from the first edition, detailing the impact of Leeds LEA's programme for educational reform. However, it also provides a totally new and greatly extended Part II, which gives an insider's account of the sequel to the Leeds report - the government's 1992 'three wise men' report. There is also a new introduction.

Author : Neimann, Theresa,Felix, Jonathan J.,Shliakhovchuk, Elena,Hindman, Lynne L.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799873815

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Policy and Practice Challenges for Equality in Education by Neimann, Theresa,Felix, Jonathan J.,Shliakhovchuk, Elena,Hindman, Lynne L. Pdf

Well-educated populations are important aspects of any contemporary society, as education increases national and global development and the positive expansion of communities to participate actively in civil matters also increases. Educational equality is based on the principles of administrative competence and fairness of access and distribution of resources, opportunities, and treatment, which ensures success for every person. Ensuring equal access to quality education requires addressing a wide range of persistent inequalities in society and includes a stronger focus on how different forms of inequalities intersect to produce unequal opportunities or outcomes that affect marginalized and vulnerable groups. Policy and Practice Challenges for Equality in Education takes a multifaceted look at issues of equality and inequality in education as related to policy, practice, resource access, and distribution. As such, this book explores the potential practices in education that serve to mitigate and transform unproductive practices which have left societies scarred by social and educational inequalities. The chapters provide a critical analysis of the manifestations of inequalities in various educational contexts and discerns how broader social inequalities are informed by education-related matters. This book is ideal for sociologists, administrators, instructors, policymakers, data scientists, community leaders, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in educational equality and the unique challenges being faced worldwide.