Education Policy Books

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21. Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities

    40 Years of Comparative Education

    Edited by Michael Crossley, Patricia Broadfoot, Michele Schweisfurth

    Series: Education Heritage

    Documenting major intellectual and paradigmatic changes in the field of comparative education in the light of the history and development of the journal Comparative Education, this book compiles a selection of articles from forty years of the journal’s distinguished history. It illustrates how...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
22. Learning In and Out of School

    The selected works of John MacBeath

    By John MacBeath

    Series: World Library of Educationalists

    In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in...

    Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
23. Principles for Effective Pedagogy

    International Responses to Evidence from the UK Teaching & Learning Research Programme

    Edited by Mary James, Andrew Pollard

    The UK Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) worked for ten years to improve outcomes for learners in schools and other sectors through high quality research. One outcome of individual projects and across-Programme thematic work was the development of ten ‘evidence-informed’ principles...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
24. School Effectiveness and Improvement Research, Policy and Practice

    Challenging the orthodoxy?

    Edited by Christopher Chapman, Paul Armstrong, Alma Harris, Daniel Muijs, David Reynolds, Pam Sammons

    This book provides a contemporary overview of school effectiveness and improvement. It charts the development theory and research in this area and looks at the contribution made to policy and practice. It also challenges some assumptions that have become ingrained into the theoretical and...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge
25. Improving Quality in Education

    Dynamic Approaches to School Improvement

    By Bert P.M. Creemers, Leonidas Kyriakides

    This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the dynamic model, which is theoretical and empirically validated, can be used in both traditions. Each chapter integrates evidence...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
26. The Equality Act for Educational Professionals

    A simple guide to disability inclusion in schools

    By Geraldine Hills

    Series: David Fulton / Nasen

    "A definite must for SENCOS." -- Urmston Junior School "A good insight into process of tribunal and what the Equality Act means." -- Team Leader, St Paul's CE Primary School 'A much needed resource in supporting schools, centres, day nurseries and community childcare provision to understand the...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
27. Leadership, Capacity Building and School Improvement

    Concepts, themes and impact

    By Clive Dimmock

    Series: Leadership for Learning Series

    The Leadership for Learning series explores the connections between educational leadership, policy, curriculum, human resources and accountability. Each book in the series approaches its subject matter through a three-fold structure of process, themes and impact. Series Editors - Clive Dimmock,...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
28. Leading on Inclusion

    Dilemmas, debates and new perspectives

    Edited by John Cornwall, Lynne Graham-Matheson

    Leading on Inclusion: Dilemmas, debates and new perspectives critically examines the current theory and legislative context of special educational needs and disability, and explores the enduring issues and opportunities that will affect future practice in all schools. The central theme throughout...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
29. Creativity and Cultural Policy

    Edited by Chris Bilton

    Creativity has become a popular buzzword in contemporary cultural policy, yet the term remains poorly understood. In this collection, cultural policy specialists together with experts on psychology, creative enterprise and arts education, consider how ‘creativity’ is defined in a variety of...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
30. Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education

    Edited by Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Lynn Mario T. M. de Souza

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This volume bridges the gap between contemporary theoretical debates and educational policies and practices. It applies postcolonial theory as a framework of analysis that attempts to engage with and go beyond essentialism, ethno- and euro-centrisms through a critical examination of contemporary...

    Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge