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Education under Siege: Why There Is a Better Alternative
Peter Mortimore
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Description for Education under Siege: Why There Is a Better Alternative
Hardback.
At a time when education is considered crucial to a country’s economic success, recent UK governments have insisted their reforms are the only way to make England’s system world class. Yet pupils are tested rather than educated, teachers bullied rather than trusted and parents cast as winners or losers in a gamble for school places. Education under siege considers the English education system as it is and as it might be. In a highly accessible style, Peter Mortimore, an author with wide experience of the education sector, both in the UK and abroad, identifies the current system’s ... Read more
At a time when education is considered crucial to a country’s economic success, recent UK governments have insisted their reforms are the only way to make England’s system world class. Yet pupils are tested rather than educated, teachers bullied rather than trusted and parents cast as winners or losers in a gamble for school places. Education under siege considers the English education system as it is and as it might be. In a highly accessible style, Peter Mortimore, an author with wide experience of the education sector, both in the UK and abroad, identifies the current system’s ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447311317
SKU
V9781447311317
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99-25
About Peter Mortimore
Peter Mortimore has been a teacher, researcher and administrator in education for nearly 50 years. Most recently he was Professor of Education at the University of Southern Denmark having previously been Director of the Institute of Education, University of London. He has carried out numerous studies of school effectiveness and undertaken reviews of Nordic education systems. He was an ... Read more
Reviews for Education under Siege: Why There Is a Better Alternative
“An expert voice to be trusted - and enjoyed. If you really want to understand what education is for and how we could create a high quality system, I urge you to read this book.” Melissa Benn, journalist and author of 'School Wars' "This book offers an engaging and detailed overview of the English education system. It provides an excellent ... Read more