This book examines some consequences and implications of both change and stability in British secondary education, drawing on a unique series of national surveys of school leavers in Scotland. The authors provide an empirical and theoretical account of central problems of contemporary schooling. Their analysiscovers: certification, curriculum and selection; the effects of educational expansion; trends in educational inequality; the impact of comprehensive reorganisation; truancy and alienation from schooling; the explanation of differences in performance between schools and the implications for the public accountability of schools.
- ISBN: 978-0-415-68918-2
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés