Policy and Education - 9780415697583

Written specifically for education studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to education policy. It provides an overview of current political themes in education to help the reader understand how education policy is influenced by politics.

Divided into two sections, the book explores key area such as performance, choice, professionalism and education and the wider society to show how education policy is constructed and implemented. It then examines these themes through each phase of education to demonstrate the theory behind contemporary education policy and how this has impacted on education in practice.

Features include:

• individual tasks and group activities to promote discussion
• case studies
• notes boxes to highlight further reading;
• chapter overviews and summaries

Written as part of the Foundations in Education Studies series, this timely textbook is essential reading for students coming to the study of education policy for the first time.