1st Edition

How Schools Do Policy Policy Enactments in Secondary Schools

184 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Over the last 20 years, international attempts to raise educational standards and improve opportunities for all children have accelerated and proliferated. This has generated a state of constant change and an unrelenting flood of initiatives, changes and reforms that need to be ‘implemented’ by schools. In response to this, a great deal of attention has been given to evaluating ‘how well’... Read more
Foreword or Introduction 1. Beyond implementation –Towards a Theory of Policy Enactment 2. Taking Context Seriously 3. Doing Enactment: People, Culture and Policy Work 4. Policy into Practice 5. Whatever happened to... 6. Policy Enactments – In Theory and Practice

Biography

Stephen J Ball, Meg Maguire, Annette Braun