Great Mistakes in Education Policy

And How to Avoid Them in the Future

Lupton, Ruth, Hayes, Debra

• Editore: Policy Press
• Anno: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781447352488
• Argomento: Education
• Categoria: Educational Policy

Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has gone wrong. The authors draw on extensive research in education to review the impact of multiple policies on students, teachers and schools, with a focus on communities where children and young people need education most. They issue a fundamental challenge to the policy orthodoxies of recent decades and set out a blueprint for making education both better and fairer.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of tables and boxes
• List of abbreviations
• Notes on the authors
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Setting the scene
• 3. Tests, tests, tests
• 4. Schooling that works for some but not for others
• 5. Teachers making less of a difference
• 6. Mistake #1: turning to the market
• 7. Mistake #2: letting test scores drive policy
• 8. Mistake #3: over-prescribing teachers’ work
• 9. Mistake #4: misunderstanding educational inequalities
• 10. Mistake #5: leaving education out of education policy making
• 11. Synthetic phonics: a ‘perfect storm’ of policy mistakes
• 12. There are alternatives
• References