Full Description
Schooling in Europe is being transformed by a new policy orthodoxy affecting all aspects of the school. Privatization, decentralization, and business focused curriculum reform are all on the rise. The authors consider the impact and conflict of such changes on schooling in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Contents
An Emerging Order The Europeanisation of Schooling? System Change: Local Autonomy and the Evaluative State Privatisation: From the Margins to the Centre Inequality Remade Teaching and Learning - the Terms of Modernisation Symbolic Worlds Human Resources: Students The Agency of Teachers Unconcluded References Index
