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Local Education Policies
Hudson, Christine; Lidstrom, Anders
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Description for Local Education Policies
Hardback. In the West, localities are increasingly adjusting education to meet specific local needs. This volume examines and compares the way in which local education systems in Britain and Sweden are created in the interplay between common tendencies of change and particular local conditions. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DNS; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 519.
In the Western world, education policy has increasingly become a local matter. Localities and schools adjust education to meet specific local needs, fragmentation and diversity. Globalization and the greater emphasis on knowledge in society however, also embody strong streamlining tendencies. This edited volume examines and compares the way in which local education systems in Britain and Sweden are created in the interplay between common tendencies of change and particular local conditions.
In the Western world, education policy has increasingly become a local matter. Localities and schools adjust education to meet specific local needs, fragmentation and diversity. Globalization and the greater emphasis on knowledge in society however, also embody strong streamlining tendencies. This edited volume examines and compares the way in which local education systems in Britain and Sweden are created in the interplay between common tendencies of change and particular local conditions.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333790403
SKU
V9780333790403
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Ref
99-15
About Hudson, Christine; Lidstrom, Anders
SUE CARA Associate Director, National Institute for Adult Continuing Education SHARON GEWIRTZ Lecturer in Social Policy, The Open University OLAF JOHANSSON Associate Professor of Political Science, and Chair of the Centre for Principal Development and Director of the National Head Teachers Training Programme, Umeå University, Sweden CHARLES LANDRY Director of the Research Consultancy, COMEDIA LEIF LUNDBERG Director of Studies, Head ... Read more
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