The education debate
By: Stephen J. Ball
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Policy and politics in the twenty-first century; Policy and politics in the twenty-first century
Publisher: Policy
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781447306887
Subjects: Education and state; Educational evaluation; Education; Finance; Aims and objectives; Onderwijsbeleid; Onderwijsevaluatie; Utbildningspolitik; Utbildningsvärdering; 81.10 educational policy on macro-level: general
Description: This is a book for students who need a guide to the education debate. Besides examining general trends in education policy, the book concentrates on school policies and politics, with asides to and examples from other sectors where relevant.
Notes: Previous edition: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-248) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: one.; title: Introduction to key concepts: education policy, economic necessity and public service reform -- -- two.; title: Class, comprehensives and continuities: a short history of English education policy -- -- three.; title: Current policy models and The UK Government's Approach to Public Service Reform -- -- four.; title: Current key issues: forms of policy and forms of inequity -- -- five.; title: A sociology of education policy: past, present and future.