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Oxford Review of Education | 6 |
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Dennison, W. F. | 1 |
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Heath, Anthony | 1 |
Millward, Alan J. | 1 |
Warnock, Mary | 1 |
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Millward, Alan J. – Oxford Review of Education, 1987
Analyzes recent government initiatives for low attainers' in the 14-16 age group. Reviews curriculum development within special education as a whole. Highlights major concerns with the one-dimensional approach which has been widely adopted and outlines an alternative perspective in relation to schools, teachers, and pupils. (Author/BSR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
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Ball, Christopher – Oxford Review of Education, 1985
A crisis has been created in Great Britain by the failure of a triple alliance between employment, government, and education. The British educational system has traditionally favored values such as those implied by the phrase "the high culture of the mind" above the creation of wealth. Change is needed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Needs
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Goldstein, Harvey – Oxford Review of Education, 1984
Discussed are the assumptions which underpin research studies of the effects of pupil, school, and local education authority characteristics on student achievement in Great Britain. The purpose is to clarify the necessary limitations on knowledge imposed by various research methods and to suggest how these might be improved. (RM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment
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Heath, Anthony – Oxford Review of Education, 1984
British comprehensive schools have been criticized by the left for failing to provide equality for everyone and by the right for sacrificing academic standards for equality. Such simultaneous criticisms suggest that the schools have been assigned either impossible or contradictory objectives, but have managed to achieve a reasonable compromise.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Declining Secondary School Rolls and the Organization of the System.
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Dennison, W. F. – Oxford Review of Education, 1983
As secondary school enrollment declines in Great Britain in the 1980s, local education authorities will face problems in deciding which schools and/or programs to cut. School districts must recognize that, whether they like it or not, parents will have an increasing impact on decision making. (IS)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Board of Education Role, Comparative Education, Declining Enrollment
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Warnock, Mary – Oxford Review of Education, 1991
Discusses changes in British attitudes toward education from emphasizing social engineering and an equal right to education to a cost-effective approach. Sets out educational goals of independence and the ability to do useful work and to enjoy life by participating in it. Discusses special needs students and the safety net for children from poor…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Educational Objectives