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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815270103321

Autore

Lumby Jacky

Titolo

14-19 education : policy, leadership and learning / / Jacky Lumby and Nick Foskett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2005

ISBN

1-4129-0147-2

1-283-87995-6

1-4462-0269-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

FoskettNicholas <1955->

Disciplina

373.41

Soggetti

Education, Secondary - Government policy - Great Britain

High schools - Administration - Government policy - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I - Setting the Context; Chapter 1 - 14-19 Education: The High-Stakes Battlefield; Chapter 2 - Riding the Waves of Policy; Chapter 3 - Moving the Pieces Around: Structural Change Since 1979; Part II - A Coherent Learning Experience?; Chapter 4 - Curriculum 14-19: Parallel Worlds or Brave New World?; Chapter 5 - Mind the Gap: The Vocational and Academic Divide; Chapter 6 - Teaching and Learning: The Learner's Perspective; Chapter 7 - Teaching and Learning: The Ritual of Assessment

Chapter 8 - Choices, Transitions and 14-19 PathwaysPart III - Leading Teaching and Learning; Chapter 9 - Paying for Learning: Resourcing the System; Chapter 10 - Working Together? Collaboration and Partnerships for Learning; Chapter 11 - Leading 14-19 Education: Lifting Our Heads; Part IV - Futures; Chapter 12 - Future Policy 14-19: Choices and Visions; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Schools & colleges are being asked to deal with fundamental changes in 14-19 education. Designed to support policy makers practitioners & students in improving their understanding of this phase of education, the authors present a discussion of the evolution of policy & practice across schools & colleges, & their future development.