One of the most widespread changes in secondary schools over the last thirty years has been the expansion and formalization of pastoral care. However, despite the considerable personnel resources invested in it, this tends to be a neglected area of curriculum theory and research.Through an empirically based analysis of pastoral care in the comprehensive school, this book looks at the history and discourse of pastoral care. Using data from two case-study schools, it explores the tense relationship between the pastoral and academic dimensions, and the significance of this tension for the educational identities of staff and pupils.In particular, it considers whether pastoral interventions empower students or represent more subtle forms of social control. In conclusion, the implications of recent reforms for the future of pastoral care within the comprehensive school are assessed.

The Pastoral and the Academic: Conflict and Contradiction in the Curriculum (Studies in Pastoral Care and Personal and Social Education)

Religion & Spirituality

Power,Sally

Christian Books & Bibles

Continuum Intl Pub Group

Secondary education has seen a great expansion of pastoral care. This book looks at the history and discourse of pastoral care, including its limits and possibilities, and provides an empirically-based analysis of pastoral care in the comprehensive school. Using case studies, the book explores the tense relationship between the pastoral and the academic dimension, considering whether pastoral interventions empower students or represent more subtle forms of social control. It concludes by assessing the implications of recent reforms for the future of pastoral care within the comprehensive school.

The Pastoral and the Academic: Conflict and Contradiction in the Curriculum (Studies in Pastoral Care and Pse Series)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

* What is the background to and significance of policies of devolution and choice in education that are currently fashionable in many parts of the world? * What has been the actual impact of these policies on school managers, teachers, students and local communities? * How might equity be preserved in systems of education where increased responsibility is delegated to the level of the school? This book examines recent school reforms in England and Wales, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. It suggests that, at the same time as appearing to devolve power to individual schools and parents, governments have actually been increasing their own capacity to 'steer' the system at a distance. Focusing particularly on the 'quasi-markets' favoured by the New Right, the authors review the research evidence on the impact of the reforms to date. They conclude that there is no strong evidence to support the educational benefits claimed by the proponents of the reforms and considerable evidence that they are enabling advantaged schools and advantaged parents to maximise their advantages. They suggest that, if these damaging equity effects are to be avoided, there is an urgent need to redress the balance between consumer rights and citizen rights in education.

Devolution And Choice In Education

Whitty,Geoff

Open University Press

It is often assumed that for middle class and academically able children, schooling is a straightforward process that leads to academic success, higher education and entry into middle class occupations. However this publication shows these relationships to be complex and often uncertain.

Education And The Middle Class

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

It is often assumed that for middle class and academically able children, schooling is a straightforward process that leads to academic success, higher education and entry into middle class occupations. However this fascinating book shows these relationships to be complex and often uncertain. Based on the biographies of 350 young men and women who might have been considered 'destined for success' at the start of their secondary schooling, the book maps out the educational pathways they took. It analyses their subsequent achievements and entry into employment and compares them with their parents, with one another, and with their generation. Identifying patterns in the data, it also explores examples of extraordinary success and failure, and various forms of interrupted and disrupted careers. As well as documenting a compelling human story, the findings have important implications for current policy debates about academic selection, access to elite universities, and the limits of meritocracy.

Education in the Middle Class

EDWARDS, TONY

Wigfall,Valerie

The Grammar School Question provides an even-handed analysis of the research evidence on comprehensive and selective education against the background of heated debate on the future of grammar schools. The book concludes with a discussion of some of the consequences of abolishing or retaining selective education.

The Grammar School Question: A Review of Research on Comprehensive and Selective Education (Perspectives on Educational Policy, 7)

Crook, David

UCL IOE Press

This book examines recent school reforms in England and Wales, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. It suggests that, at the same time as appearing to devolve power to individual schools and parents, governments have actually been increasing their own capacity to 'steer' the system at a distance. Focusing particularly on the 'quasi-markets' favoured by the New Right, the authors review the research evidence on the impact of the reforms to date. They conclude that there is no strong evidence to support the educational benefits claimed by the proponents of the reforms and considerable evidence that they are enabling advantaged schools and advantaged parents to maximize their advantages. They argue that, if these damaging equity effects are to be avoided, there is an urgent need to redress the balance between consumer rights and citizen rights in education.

Devolution and Choice in Education: The School, the State, the Market

Halpin, David

Australian Council for Educational

The relationship between the family and civil society has always been complex, with the family often regarded as separate from, or even oppositional to, civil society. Taking a fresh empirical approach, Muddiman, Power and Taylor reveal how such separation underestimates the important role the family plays in civil society. Considering the impact of family events, dinner table debates, intergenerational transmission of virtues and the role of the mother, this enlightening book draws on survey data from 1000 young people, a sample of their parents and grandparents, and extended family interviews, to uncover how civil engagement, activism and political participation are inherited and fostered within the home.

Civil Society and the Family (Civil Society and Social Change)

Taylor, Chris

Muddiman, Esther

Parenting & Relationships

Policy Press

Despite an uncelebrated birth, abandonment by her father, and an abusive, alcoholic husband, Jean Yanakos STILL knew God had a purpose and a plan for her life - to give her a future and a hope. When God gave her a clear word of His purpose for her life - "to teach, to preach, and to heal" - she was baffled! How could He accomplish that through a woman who was uneducated and without funds for education with an alcoholic husband and two small children to raise? Now, eighty-nine years young, Jean's life is a testimony to God's faithfulness. With transparent candor, Jean recounts her memoires - significant events that have impacted and transformed her remarkable Christian journey. God has steadfastly walked with her, and by His Grace, Jean has gone the distance and she is indeed finishing strong! If He did it for her, can He not do the same for you? Sally Power is a teacher and has taught Deaf and Hard of Hearing students for over 35 years. She provides sign language interpretation at Northway Christian Community, where she attends with Jean Yanakos. As one who has received much from Jean's mentoring and teaching, Sally was honored to compile Jean's memoires from journals, recordings, and extended conversations. Sally is the president and founder of Treasure House Fashions, a nonprofit corporation for women in transition and/or need. She is blessed and proud of her three grown children: Nathan, Stephanie, and Chad. Sally is a public speaker and novice writer.

Going the Distance and Finishing Strong'by the Grace of God

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

Xulon Press

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