What should we teach in our schools and vocational education and higher education
institutions? Is theoretical knowledge still important? This book argues that providing …

Inherent in most school curricula is some sort of curriculum hierarchy—that is, an
assumption that some school subjects are more valuable than others. This paper examines …

Everywhere we look these days there is evidence of education being understood as an
economic good. Parents navigate 'education markets' in the hope of choosing 'the …

A historical tension between a more general and a more specific focus in post-compulsory
education is made visible in some educational systems by the division into more academic …

This study examines how access to academic curriculum differs between secondary schools
in Australia, a country whose education system is marked by high levels of choice …

Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that
we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they are for. It shows that the …

This volume argues that educational problems have their basis in an ideology of binary
opposites often referred to as dualism, which is deeply embedded in all aspects of Western …

The Australian higher education sector has grappled, with little success, to increase the
participation of students from lower socio‐economic status (SES) backgrounds. In this article …

With the emergence of 'knowledge economies' across the industrialised world, transitions
from school to work have generally become more complex and uncertain. Nonetheless …

This book brings a unique, innovative and refreshing perspective to one of the most
protracted issues affecting young lives-disengagement from schooling. Rather than …