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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450363203321

Autore

Coulby David

Titolo

Beyond the national curriculum : curricular centralism and cultural diversity in Europe and the USA / / David Coulby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Falmer Press, , 2000

ISBN

0-203-13219-X

1-135-70002-8

1-280-33577-7

0-203-16974-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Master classes in education series

Disciplina

375/.00094

Soggetti

Education - Curricula - Social aspects - Europe

Education - Curricula - Social aspects - United States

Education and state - Europe

Education and state - United States

Multicultural education - Europe

Multicultural education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introductory Remarks; Introduction: Transitions in Europe and the Central Role of Knowledge; The State Control of Knowledge; Cultural Diversity and State Knowledge; The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition in Schools and Universities; The Knowledge Economy; Modernist Knowledge and Prejudice: Special Educational Needs; Knowledge and Warfare; State Knowledge and Identity; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The National Curriculum is due for review. This is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians and their entourages are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system of the UK. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this provocative



book will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading. debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783500703321

Autore

Ross Susan Dente

Titolo

Deciding communication law : key cases in context / / Susan Dente Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J. : , : L. Erlbaum, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-62014-8

1-135-62015-6

1-283-88326-0

1-282-32118-8

9781410610187

9786612321184

1-4106-1018-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (894 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

343.7309/9

Soggetti

Mass media - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Deciding Communication Law Key Cases in Context; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Reading This Book; Chapter 1 The System of Law; Chapter 2 Reading the Law; Chapter 3 First Amendment Theor and Prior Restraint; Chapter 4 The First Amendment, Content-Based and Content-Neutral Laws; Chapter 5 Public Forum Doctrine; Chapter 6 Incitements and Threats; Chapter 7 Hate Speech; Chapter 8 Offensive Speech and Unpopular Association; Chapter 9 Obscenity and Indecency; Chapter 10 Commercial Speech; Chapter 11 Political Speech; Chapter 12 Media Distinctions; Chapter 13 Expression in Schools

Chapter 14 LibelChapter 15 Privacy and Its Invasion; Chapter 16 Copyright; Chapter 17 Access to Government; Chapter 18 Open Courts;



Chapter 19 Press Privileges and Limits; Glossary; Table of Cases; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This clearly written and well-focused volume combines concise decisions of the primary areas of communication law with the foundational case decisions in those domains. Thus, in one volume, students of communication law, constitutional law, political science, and related fields find both the key rulings that define each area of law and a detailed summary of the legal concepts, doctrines, and policies so vital to understanding the rulings within their legal context. The text forgoes the tendency to provide encyclopedic treatment of all the relevant cases and focuses instead on the two or three