1st Edition
Towards Successful Schooling (RLE Edu L Sociology of Education)
Foreword. Glossary. 1 Citizens or Consumers? The Politics of Educational Reform: An Introduction. Hugh Lauder, Cathy Wylie and Rose Parker-Taunoa. 2. Education and the Role of the State: Devolution and Control Post-Picot John Codd, Liz Gordon and Richard Harker. 3. Education, Democracy and the Crisis of the Welfare State Hugh Lauder. 4. Power to the People? The Great Education Reform Act and Tomorrow’s Schools: A Critical and Comparative Perspective John Evans and Brian Davies. 5. The Politics of Reforming Maori Education: The Transforming Potential of Kura Kaupapa Maori Graham Hingangaroa Smith. 6. ‘I Just Wanna Decent Job’, Working Class Girls’ Education: Perspectives and Policy Issues Alison Jones. 7. Notes on the Schooling of the English Working Class: What Lessons for New Zealand? A Comparative Briefing Paper Gerald Grace. 8. The Politics of Curriculum Innovation G I A R Khan. 9. Towards Pluralism and Democracy: the Administration of an Inner City School Ros Heinz. 10. Public Examinations and the Structuring of Inequality: A Case Study David Hughes and Hugh Lauder. 11. Illiteracy, Improper Literacy and the Development of an Underclass Colin Lankshear. 12. Towards an Alternative Transition Edcuation Policy Wanda Korndörfer. 13. Trade Union Education and Democracy Linda Sissons. 14. Work and Education Alan Scott and John Freeman-Moir. Notes on Contributors.
Biography
Hugh Lauder (University of Bath, UK) (Edited by) , Cathy Wylie (Edited by)
‘Makes an original contribution to educational understanding, and presents its evidence with human generosity and great complexity of detail.’ Observer
‘A brilliant study of the effect of a grammar-school education on working-class children and their families.’ New Statesman
‘Deserves the most careful study by politicians, administrators, teachers and parents’ Sunday Times
