Power and Responsibility in Education

by Keith Watson

Overview

This study, by more than 130 contributors, assesses the moves to decentralize educational administration. The text contains overviews by individual authors, and joint papers forming dialogues between different academic contenders. It provides a survey of educational policies and planning, and an analysis of the changes in England and Wales. Curriculum control, privatization and leadership issues are also debated. This book is one of four volumes which consider the educational dilemmas facing governments, professional educators and practising administrators in the current educational climate. The issues are addressed from international and comparative perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780304328918
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/05/1998
Series:	International Debates Series , #3
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.88(d)

Editorial Reviews

One of four volumes looking at the educational dilemmas that face governments, professional educators, and practicing administrators in the light of debates, disagreements, and diverse opinions regarding many current educational issues and reforms. The 27 essays cover administrative control and the centralization/decentralization debate, issues in policy and planning, pressures for change in England and Wales, control of the curriculum, separate school provisions such as Christian education, and school leadership. Most of the contributors are British despite the attempt to incorporate perspectives from elsewhere. The other three volumes address teachers and teacher education, the reform of higher education, and quality in education. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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