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Power and responsibility in education / edited by Keith Watson, Celia Modgil, and Sohan Modgil.

LIBRA LC71 .P65 1997
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Watson, Keith, 1939-
Modgil, Celia
Modgil, Sohan
Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
Series:
Educational dilemmas ; v. 3.
Educational dilemmas ; v. 3
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Education and state--Cross-cultural studies.
Education and state.
Educational planning--Cross-cultural studies.
Educational planning.
Educational change--Cross-cultural studies.
Educational change.
Cross-cultural studies.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Place of Publication:
London ; Herndon, VA : Cassell, 1997.
Contents:
The Control of Education: Where Does Power Lie? / Keith Watson, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil xvi
Part 1 Administrative Control
The Centralization/Decentralization Debate
1 Assessing the Present Importance of Different Forms of Decentralization in Education / Jon Lauglo 3
2 Not Decentralization but Integration / Noel F. McGinn 17
3 Power, Participation and Educational Decentralization in South Africa / Yusuf Sayed 25
Part 2 Issues in Policy and Planning
4 The Role of Teachers in Educational Reforms / Clive Whitehead 41
5 Educational Planning and the Development and Management of Schooling: A Comment / Brian Garvey 49
6 Planning versus Management: An Academic Issue / David Atchoarena 59
7 The European Union and its Educational Agenda: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? / Ronald G. Sultana 65
The Powers of the European Union in Educational Matters: Raymond Ryba Responds to Ronald Sultana 74
Of Facts, Fictions and the EU: A Response to Ryba from Ronald Sultana 81
A Final Note by Raymond Ryba 87
8 International Aid to Education: Why Projects Fail / Fiona Leach 89
9 International Aid to Education: Some Comments / Henry Kaluba 101
Fiona Leach Responds to Henry Kaluba 105
10 Aid and Education / Roger Iredale 108
11 Aid for Development or for Change? A Discussion of Education and Training Policies of Development Assistance Agencies, with Particular Reference to Japan / Kenneth King 112
Part 3 Pressures for Change in England and Wales
12 Consumer Rights in Schooling / Tony Edwards 127
13 Her Majesty's Inspectorate in the 1980s and 1990s: An Exemplary Tale / John Tomlinson 135
Mike Wallace Responds to John Tomlinson 145
14 Guided by an Unseen Hand: The Mass Media and Education Policy / Mike Wallace 147
John Tomlinson Responds to Mike Wallace 156
15 Markets or Democracy for Education / Stewart Ranson 158
Markets or Democracy for Education? A Reply to Stewart Ranson by James Tooley 171
Public Institutions for Co-operative Action: A Reply to James Tooley by Stewart Ranson 180
16 Co-operation without Deliberation: The Market Solution / James Tooley 185
Part 4 The Control of the Curriculum
17 Curriculum Control and Responsibility: An International Perspective / Michael Crossley, Roger Garrett 197
18 Multicultural Curriculum Planning as a Political Activity / R. Murray Thomas 209
19 Divergent and Convergent Trends in Multicultural Education in Russia and its Neighbouring Countries / Wolfgang Mitter 221
20 Is the National Curriculum an Exercise in De-skilling? A Critique of UK Curriculum Development in Relation to Future Needs / Paul Ganderton 229
Part 5 Separate School Provision
21 New Christian Schools: A Question of Balance / Geoffrey Walford 247
22 'Opting In' Under the 1993 Education Act: A Case-study / Ruth Deakin 254
Geoffrey Walford Responds to Ruth Deakin 264
Ruth Deakin Responds to Geoffrey Walford 266
23 Alternative Christian Schooling: The Historical and Contemporary Context of the Australian Experience / Ian Lambert 268
24 Alternative Christian Schooling: A Search for Meaning / Brian V. Hill 280
Part 6 School Leadership
25 School Autonomy in the Light of Controversial Views: A Comparative Approach with Special Regard to Pedagogical and Curricular Issues in the European Context / Wolfgang Mitter 291
26 The Case for Leaderless Schools / Lynn Davies 304
27 The Case for School Leadership / Brian Fidler 316.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
030432891X
OCLC:
37139320

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