264 Pages
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Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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The author takes a long look at what goes on in schools, and the roles played by people specifically concerned with them: but finally the problems of the school are seen as indissolubly bound up with the changes that have overtaken urban life. The school cannot be isolated, teachers, administrators, planners and parents must actively co-operate in making the school work in society and a society... Read more
Acknowledgements – Introduction – 1. Classroom crisis and teacher stress – 2. The EPA myth– 3. Two housing nations – 4. Multi-ethnic muddle – 5. Juggling children and catchments – 6. The day the roof fell in – 7. The caretaker has the keys – 8. Management by mafia or creative bureaucracy – 9. The Curriculum Church – 10. The Cargo-cult and innovation – 11. Teaching English: a curriculum case study – 12. Electric, plastic classrooms – 13. Counter-reformation with Inquisition – 14. Children’s rights and counsellors – 15. Social mix for urban classrooms – 16. Community schools and teachers – Glossary – Bibliography – Index
Biography
Thornbury, Robert
