Dictionary of education

Author(s)

• Lawton, Denis
• Gordon, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Dictionary of education

Denis Lawton and Peter Gordon

Hodder & Stoughton, 1996

2nd ed

Note

Previous ed.: 1993

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work is a reference tool for all those working in the field of education, as well as for parents, governors and students. It contains short essays on key issues, including the introduction of vocational qualifications and an alphabetical list of terms with clear definitions.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 (short essays) - education and educational theory: aims values and ideologies
• culture and curriculum
• accountability, standards and inspection
• assessment and examinations
• education, schooling and pedagogy
• the language of educational reform
• politics and education
• changes in the language of post-compulsory education
• NCVQ and NVQ terminology
• an outline of the education system in England and Wales. Part 2 - the dictionary: an alphabetical list of definitions in education and training. Part 3 - landmarks in the development of English education since 1800: the central authority in education.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA28586745
• ISBN:
  • 0340648155
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 250 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 370.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education -- Dictionaries