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State And The School
RoutledgeFalmer 1995; US$ 57.95There was once agreement that education was too important to be left to politicians; now the view is that education is too important to be left to teachers. With this in mind, this book examines the role of the state in education in many different countries and cultures. more...
Education for a Change
RoutledgeFalmer 2004; US$ 39.95Bringing together a broad range of leading writers, this challenging and hard-hitting book offers a wealth of innovative ideas to make schooling much more relevant to modern society. more...
South Eastern Europe
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 112.00The aim of the Stability Pact is to strengthen countries in South Eastern Europe in their efforts to foster peace, democracy, human rights, social development, economic prosperity and a favourable environment for sustainable security, in order to achieve stability in the region. more...
Theoretical Principles of Distance Education
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 210.00According to UNESCO statistics, 10 million of the world's 600 million students study at a distance. Theoretical Principles of Distance Education seeks to lay solid foundations for the education of these students and for the structures within which they study. As a more industrialised form of education provision, distance education is well adapted... more...
Education Policy And Social Class
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 45.95This book brings together in one place Stephen Ball's key writings. Drawing on over twenty years' work, Professor Ball has selected his most important work - from education policy and sociology to his work on education and social class. more...
Policy as Practice
Greenwood Publishing Group 2001; US$ 132.00This volume brings together scholars working on ethnographic policy studies to debate and provisionally chart the methodological and theoretical parameters of such a project. It is divided into three sections on theory, methods, and experiences, and features field experiences and case studies. more...
Education in a Post Welfare Society
McGraw-Hill Education 2005; US$ 245.00Provides a critical overview of education policy. This book demonstrates how a relatively decentralised education system became a system in which funding, teaching and curriculum are centrally controlled and privatisation encouraged. It examines the relationship of education policy to social class, race, gender and the economy. more...
Think Scenarios, Rethink Education
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 33.00What happens in education today will affect the lives of individuals and the health of whole communities for decades to come. Yet educational decision-making is mostly about dealing with pressing immediate issues or seeking more efficient ways of maintaining established practice, rather than about shaping the long term. How to redress the balance?... more...
Governance and Performance of Education Systems
Springer 2007; US$ 99.99Education has increasingly become the focus of public discourse and policy, with its methods, resources and achievements widely debated. As a result, educational systems are now more than ever faced with the challenge of improving their performance and of proving that suitable measures are being taken to guarantee greater efficiency regarding equity.... more...
Extending Educational Change
Springer 2007; US$ 41.99Deals with the idea and necessity of extending educational change - conceptually and in action. This volume (part of 4 volumes) is the second section in the "International Handbook of Educational Change". It is a collection of the important ideas and evidence of educational change. more...









