School Effectiveness : Fracturing the Discourse (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Introduction: Shaping the Debate; Chapter 2 Manufacturing the Crisis: The Social Construction of Quality and Standards in Contemporary Education; Chapter 3 Towards the Japanization of Education in England and Wales; Chapter 4 Managing School Effectiveness: New Managerialism, Change and the Reconfiguration of Power; Chapter 5 Systems Maintenance: The New School Improvement Paradigm; Chapter 6 The Irrationality of School Effectiveness in Developing Countries; Chapter 7 Equity and Effectiveness: the Dissonance of Difference; Chapter 8 Conclusion: Redefining Change;