Education Policy

This book presents analyses of the problems with existing theories of teacher learning, which for example draw on ideas of ‘communities of practice’, and explores what network theories can be brought to the problem of how teachers and schools create and share new knowledge about practice...

Resegregation as Curriculum offers a compelling look at the formation and implementation of school resegregation as contemporary education policy, as well as its impact on the meaning of schooling for students subject to such policies...

Actor-network theory (ANT) is enjoying a surge of interest in educational research, as educators bring unique sensibilities and commitments to debates that characterise ANT-inspired research. This volume contains papers that address educational issues while showing creative theoretical and methodolo..

Risk, Education and Culture..

Bringing together the different strands of improvement strategies, including action research, systematic problem solving, educational change, teacher effectiveness and staff development, David Hopkins provides a comprehensive account of this topic...

Schools and Food Education in the 21st Century leads the reader through the different food experiences that occur in primary schools over a school day. The book focuses on school food policy, showing that while schools endeavour to enact policy in a variety of ways, it is taken up differently in a r..

This title was first published in 2001. This unique book adopts a fascinating new integrative perspective on social learning as characterized by the introduction of educational multimedia. It offers insights into policy making in education and multimedia, educational practices related to multimedia ..

This book explores the impacts of the introduction of new teacher evaluation policies on teachers and head teachers in Japan, particularly that of producing and reinforcing mutual policing relations among teachers and the destabilisation of their identities. It is timely given the big surge of inter..

This book explores the impacts of the introduction of new teacher evaluation policies on teachers and head teachers in Japan, particularly that of producing and reinforcing mutual policing relations among teachers and the destabilisation of their identities. It is timely given the big surge of inter..

This title was first published in 2003:A detailed investigation of the emergence of the National Teachers Union of Korea, tracing its struggle for educational reform. The book explores the workings of the Korean education system in the context of national and global development and examines the hist..

This visionary book written by six Global Teacher Prize finalists, offers a positive and hope-filled template for the future of education. The authors address the hard moral, ethical and pedagogical questions facing education today and harnesses the disruptions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to..

This visionary book written by six Global Teacher Prize finalists, offers a positive and hope-filled template for the future of education. The authors address the hard moral, ethical and pedagogical questions facing education today and harnesses the disruptions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to..