ABSTRACT
This second part of the book consists of six chapters, each with a case-study about one school. The broad aims of the case-study work are three. The first is to provide fuller data on the topics set out in the questionnaire and reported in Part One. This we have done through discussing the topics with staff, which allows us to complement, deepen and give fuller meaning to the topics. Secondly, the case-study data illuminate some of the ideas that underlie schools’ policies and practices:
• What are the physical and social characteristics of the schools and what measures have schools taken to modify these? What are the factors enabling and/or restricting such actions?
