Improving the English Urban Primary School: Questions of Policy

Autor/inn/en	Maguire, Meg; Pratt-Adams, Simon
Titel	Improving the English Urban Primary School: Questions of Policy
Quelle	In: Improving Schools, 12 (2009) 1, S.59-70 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1365-4802
DOI	10.1177/1365480208101722
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Urban Schools; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Context Effect; Disadvantaged Environment; Elementary Education; Urbanization; Improvement Programs; Educational Strategies; Politics of Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Elementarunterricht; Urbanisation; Urbanisierung; Effizienzsteigerung; Lehrstrategie; Educational policy; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article argues that the focus within much normative education policy is with in-school effects which has sidelined the impact of structural and material factors in respect of the urban primary school. Educational reforms intended to improve schools are less likely to make much impact unless these contextualizing matters are directly addressed. First, the article briefly outlines its approach towards policy in general terms; then it looks at what is meant by urbanization and the urban primary school. Some of the historical continuities that still influence the urban primary school are identified. The article then turns to two forms of contemporary public policy that address the urban primary school indirectly and directly; these are housing mix and the Intensifying Support and Improving Schools Programmes (ISP). One objective is to demonstrate the persistence of inequalities in schooling. The second objective is to highlight the complexities and contradictions that characterize attempts to improve the urban primary school. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10