The author discusses the evolution of ideas about the relationship between national and
international development and educational change since World War II. He critically reviews …

Este artigo abarca um conjunto de problemáticas conceptuais e um quadro de questões
empíricas relacionadas com o surgimento de um novo paradigma de governo educacional …

Winner of the 2007 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies
Association Performing and Reforming Leaders critically analyzes how women negotiate the …

Drawing on international and national data, theory and research, Gender and the Changing
Face of Higher Education provides an accessible but nuanced discussion of …

One of the greatest resources a school has is its staff. How teachers themselves, and their
work, are defined are therefore matters of utmost importance. Major trends of increased …

This paper explores the impact of the increasingly performative nature of the assessment of
teachers' performance in England leading to the introduction of Professional Standards for …

Extended critical case studies provide a tangible working expression of the labour process
of teaching, showing how teachers are simultaneously experiencing significant changes to …

In this article, we reflect upon what research and other evidence tells us about the effects of
many years of sustained, centrally initiated government reforms upon teachers' work, lives …

The introduction of performance-related pay into universities in recent years implies a belief
that academic behaviours are modified by money. However, many valued academic …

Improving students' outcomes from schooling requires schools to be learning organisations,
where both students and teachers are engaged in learning. As such, knowledge and talk …