Carl Bagley / Ron Glatter / Philip Woods (eds.)

Choice and Diversity in Schooling

Perspectives and Prospects
Herausgeber: Bagley, Carl; Woods, Philip; Glatter, Ron

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume provides a unique insight into current understanding of a range of issues central to any analysis and evaluation of market-like systems in schooling, including: * Diversity and hierarchy amongst schools * Parental criteria for choosing schools * The differential impact on advantaged and disadvantaged families * National and international variations in educational policies * Rules and practices concerning school admissions Implications for future research and for educational policy are highlighted and the final chapter provides an overview of key themes and issues. This book will interest all those involved in educational policy, researchers, students, headteachers and other senior managers in schools.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780415139786
• ISBN-10: 0415139783
• Artikelnr.: 21784523

Autorenporträt

Carl Bagley, Ron Glatter, Philip Woods

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Diversity, Differentiation and Hierarchy: School Choice
and Parental Preferences 3. Marketing Quality: Traditional and Modern
Versions of Educational Excellence 4. School System Responses to External
Change: Implications for Parental Choice of Schools 5. Opting into the
Past? Grant Maintained Schools and the Reinvention of Tradition 6. Schools
Responsiveness to Parents' Views at Key Stage One 7. Parental Involvement
and School Choice: Israel and the United States 8. Parental Choice and
Special Education 9. The Impact of Competition on Secondary Schools 10. The
Education Market, Labour Relations in Schools and Teacher Unionism in the
UK 11. Policies for School Choice: What can Britain Learn from Abroad? 12.
Admissions to Schools: A Study of Local Education Authorities 13. Changing
Admissions Policies and Practices in Inner London: Implications for Policy
and Future Research 14. Review and Implications