Rethinking the education improvement agenda
Subtitle: a critical philosophical approach
By: Kevin J. Flint and Nick Peim
Contributors: Peim, Nick, 1952-
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781441161895; 9781441129734; 9781441169617; 9781441170187
Subjects: Educational change; School improvement programs; Philosophy; Education
Description: "Offering a philosophical perspective to the educational improvement agenda, this engaging text provides a new language for research into educational improvement, bringing leading-edge philosophy to current practice. Drawing on philosophical work, including that of Derrida, Foucault and Heidegger, the authors deconstruct the ethic of improvement before exploring key dimensions of education, its institutions and technologies. Each chapter draws on international case studies, provides engaging questions and makes suggestions for further reading to support the reader. Topics covered include: - The Ethic of Improvement ; - Teacher Education ; - Leadership and Management ; - Lifelong Learning ; - The Rhetoric of Numbers ;  - The Governance of Childhood ; - The State of Education Research. An essential text for all looking at how we think and talk about education and improvement."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Education, the school and the state; title: Education, the language of improvement and governmentality : the enframing in practice; title: Governing childhood; title: Educational research : improvement and metaphysics; title: Schooling : the social landscape of modernity; title: Initial teacher education : practice, performativity and identity; title: The enframing in the leadership and management of education; title: The enframing and lifelong learning; title: The rhetoric of numbers; title: Fifteen theses on education.