Education Systems and Learners

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction – Education Systems and Their Sub-systems

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   Pages 1-20

3. Accounts of Education Systems, Teachers and Learners

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   Pages 21-40

4. Judgements About Education Systems, People and Practices

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   Pages 41-53

5. Learning Environments

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   Pages 55-89

6. Learning and Academic Knowledge

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   Pages 91-100

7. Global Education and Educational Reform

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   Pages 101-107

8. Conclusions – Educational Discourses

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   Pages 109-146

9. Back Matter

   Pages 147-163

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This book explores curricular, teaching and learning practices in schools in England and in higher education institutions, and considers the damaging effects of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) for UK higher education institutions, international comparative assessment systems such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and broadly, how educational judgements are now made about educational matters. David Scott criticizes the implementation of neo-liberal policies and practices in education systems round the world, management and control system approaches, and empiricist/positivist research agendas. The book offers an account of a new education model, which is directly in opposition to agendas currently supported by the right of the political spectrum. It will be of interest to teachers and students of education, the education research community, practising and trainee teachers, and education policy makers.

• education
• policy
• assessment
• formal learning
• transformative learning
• education technology

• Institute of Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom

  David Scott

David Scott is Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

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