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This book provides a fascinating insight into the sometimes troubled relationship between ‘research’ and ‘policy-making’ in education. It shows how each of... 
Education | Education and state | Research | Politics & government | Curriculum Studies | Educational Research | Education Policy | Research Methods in Education | Great Britain

Education | Periodicals | Education and state

"Presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective... 
United States Social policy | Australia Social policy | Children | Economic conditions | Child development | Government policy

One study after another shows American students ranking behind their international counterparts in the STEM fields--science, technology, engineering, and math.... 
Engineering | Technology and state | Technology | Science | Study and teaching | Mathematics | Science and state | Government policy | Minority Groups | Competition | Educational Strategies | Educational Change | Knowledge Economy | Achievement Gap | Science Education | STEM Education | Disproportionate Representation | Teacher Education | Engineering Education | Teachers | Economic Development | Mathematics Education | Technology Education | Teacher Recruitment

Periodicals | Learning and scholarship | Research

The NHS, education, social care, local government, employment services, social housing and benefits for the poor face major challenges from a government... 
Great Britain Social policy | History | Social stratification | Welfare state | Einkommensverteilung | Frau | Großbritannien | Krise | Politik | Reformpolitik | Gesundheitswesen | Bildungspolitik | Niedriglohn | Krisenmanagement | Soziale Ungleichheit | Demografischer Wandel | Familienpolitik | Humanisierung | Armut | Öffentliche Ausgaben | Bekämpfung | Soziale Integration | Kinderbetreuung | Sozialpolitik | Kind | Wohlfahrtsstaat | Bildungssystem | Medizinische Versorgung | Altersversorgung | Sozialausgaben | Umverteilung | Mindestlohn | Rezession | Liberalismus | Arbeitsrecht | Privatisierung | Gesundheitspolitik | Sozialabbau | Staatliche Dienstleistung | Altenpflege | Social service | Public welfare

"Scientific research has enabled America to remain at the forefront of global competition for commercially viable technologies and other innovations. For more... 
Science | Research | Social aspects | United States | Government policy | Education | Research institutes

Knowledge, Values and Educational Policy focuses on what schools are for and what should be taught in them, how learning is possible across boundaries, and... 
Education and state | Aims and objectives | Social aspects | Education | Philosophy of Education | Theory of Education | International & Comparative Education

This book sheds light on new research related to welfare state, child care policies, and small children's everyday lives in institutions in Europe. In uniting... 
Sociology, Social Studies | Child development | Sociology of Education | Social Policy and Welfare | Sociology of Childhood, Youth and Ageing | Children, Youth and Family Policy | Working with Children and Families | Social work | Social Work | Childhood, Adolescence and Society | Politics of the Welfare State | Social Sciences | Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging | Education and state | Family policy | Labor market | Early childhood education | Child care

This book offers a powerful new approach to policy studies. Drawing on recent perspectives from social constructionism, discourse analysis, the sociology of... 
Women | Government policy | Social conditions | Women - Social conditions

Policies concerning language use are increasingly tested in an age of frequent migration and cultural synthesis. With conflicting factors and changing... 
Language & Linguistics | Language policy | Phonology | Applied Linguistics | Language and education | Language awareness

Education Policy Perils provides educators and those interested in the future of public education with research-based and practical analyses of some of the... 
United States | Education and state | Educational Research | School Leadership | Management & Administration | Education Policy & Politics | Teachers & Teacher Education

'Education policy is now a global matter and all the more complex for that. Mark Olssen, John Codd and Ann-Marie O'Neill do us an invaluable service in... 
Education and state | Education | Political Attitudes | Citizenship Education | Terrorism | Policy Analysis | Global Approach | Democracy | Citizenship | Educational Policy | Trust (Psychology) | Social Status | Equal Education

"Reconciles policy and practice within an overarching theoretical framework to explain what happens when evidence from research is translated into policy and... 
Educational sociology | Education and state | Research | Methodology | Social aspects | Education

Education is in a state of continual change and schools ever more diverse. People want more participation and meaning in their lives; organisations want more... 
Democracy and education | Education and state | Aims amd objectives | Educational change | Education | United States | Standards

Education and state | Comparative education | Education and globalization

Higher education and state | Education, Higher

This volume is a unique contribution to the study of language policy and education for English Learners because it focuses on the decade long implementation of... 
Immersion method | Study and teaching | English language | Language policy | Foreign speakers | Education, Bilingual | State Policy | Educational Practices | Postsecondary Education | English (Second Language) | Evidence Based Practice | Educational Policy | English Language Learners | Immersion Programs | Elementary Secondary Education | Language Acquisition | Educational History | Program Implementation | Legal Responsibility | Meta Analysis | Theory Practice Relationship | Teacher Education Programs

China LanguagesPolitical aspects | Language and languages | Study and teaching | Language and education | Language policy | History | Functionalism (Linguistics)