An Education that Empowers

Download or read book An Education that Empowers written by Jean Rudduck and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1995 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together five lectures given by eminent educationalists in memory of the work of Lawrence Stenhouse, an influential figure in the field of education during the 1970s and early 1980s. The lectures focus on different themes in his work, reviewing them in the light of recent policy changes. The lectures review issues to do with the school curriculum, teaching and learning, teacher education and teacher research. A strong theme across the papers is the authors' concern with the political context of educational change. Jean Rudduck has also published Innovation and Change, Dimensions of Discipline, and Developing a Gender Policy in Secondary Schools.