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Modern Educational Myths
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Modern Educational Myths
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Modern Educational Myths book
Edited ByO'Hagan, Bob
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1999
eBook Published 1 March 1999
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 240
eBook ISBN 9780203761229
Subjects Education
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O'Hagan, Bob, (Ed.). (1999). Modern Educational Myths (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203761229
ABSTRACT
Focusing on some of the fallacies in the education system in the UK, the contributors to this text dissect controversial topics including: are higher pass rates the key to success?; is school really a community?; does good management create a good school?; and can A-levels survive?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I The Context
chapter 1|20 pages
Comprehensive Education Myth: Educational Potential is a Fixed Quantity
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part |2 pages
Part II The Balance of Power
chapter 2|17 pages
Local Government and Schools Myth: Local Government as a Serious Educational Force is Finished
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chapter 3|13 pages
National and Local Government Myth: Good Education Requires Strong Central Direction
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part |2 pages
Part III The School Community
part |2 pages
Part IV Curriculum and Assessment
chapter 6|12 pages
The Quality of Learning Myth: Standards are a Measure of Quality
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part |2 pages
Part V School and Community
chapter 9|13 pages
Home and School Myth: A Home-School Curriculum is Incompatible with a National Curriculum
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part |2 pages
Part VI Conclusion