Research Catalog

Title

The state and the school : an international perspective / edited by John D. Turner.

Publication

London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Turner, John Derfel
• Oxford Conference on Education and Development (3rd : New College, University of Oxford)

Description

v, 135 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

There was once agreement that education was too important to be left to politicians; now the view is that education is too important to be left to teachers. With this in mind, this book examines the role of the state in education in many different countries and cultures.

Subject

• Education and state > Cross-cultural studies > Congresses
• Education and state
• Schulpolitik
• Internationaler Vergleich
• Onderwijsbeleid
• Éducation et État
• Politique et éducation
• Éducation et État > Etudes comparatives

Note

• "Papers given at the third Oxford Conference on Education and Development, held at New College, Oxford"--Introd.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The state and teacher in England and Wales / Richard Pring -- The state, human rights, and academic freedom in Africa / Thandike Mkandawire -- Educational contestability and the role of the state / Geoffrey Partington -- Schooling and the state / Beatrice Avalos-Bevan -- Private higher education and external control / Joseph Stetar -- The management and mismanagement of school effectiveness / Lynn Davies -- Failed matrimony / Fiona Leach.

ISBN

• 0750704772
• 9780750704779
• 0750704780
• 9780750704786

LCCN

95023595

OCLC

• ocm32821926
• 32821926
• SCSB-8905684

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library