226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Risk Society and School Educational Policy explores the impact of risk society on policy in the US, UK and Australia through both practical and theoretical perspectives. The book develops an in-depth understanding of risk society itself, and guides the reader in applying this knowledge to the problem of how this impacts policy and practice in school education. Drawing on work by Ulrich... Read more
Contents
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One The looming presence of risk society
Chapter Two Risk society theory arrives
Chapter Three Young people and families living in risk society
Chapter Four Risk society theory, neoliberalism, school education, mainstream and social media
Chapter Five National governments respond
Chapter Six National standardised testing and reporting
Chapter Seven National curricular
Chapter Eight Teachers, universities and teacher preparation
Chapter Nine Contexts: bringing it together
Index
Biography
Grant Rodwell is an Adjunct Research Academic at the School of Education at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
