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ERIC Number: EJ448815
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
Quality Assurance, School Self-Management and the Contradictions of Control.
Johnston, John
European Journal of Education, v27 n1-2 p165-75 1992
This article examines effects of the 1988 Education Reform Act in the United Kingdom, especially the decline in participative decision making by teachers, increased centralization of control, and the introduction of a national curriculum. The paper also discusses the historical relationship between professional autonomy for teachers and control of the British education system. (DB)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Centralization, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Participative Decision Making, Power Structure, Professional Autonomy, Quality Control, School Based Management, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Education Reform Act 1988 (England); United Kingdom