Contemporary Issues in Teaching and Learning

Since the 1988 Education Reform Act, the education system has undergone dramatic changes and this in turn has raised a number of controversial issues and questions.

This reader brings together key articles, both recently published and specially commissioned, which address these issues and place them in context.

Issues covered include: the curriculum; teaching and learning; assessment; and school effectiveness and improvement.

Various themes run throughout the book include, the quest for quality within a social context, the application of theory and research to practice, and the positive roles played by both teachers and students in adapting to recent change.