Scottish Education by T G K Bryce
Featuring some 40 new authors, this new edition contains fresh, forthright and informed commentary on every aspect of Scottish education and is essential reading for anyone concerned to know how education 'works' in Scotland.
The appearance in late 1999 of the monumental Scottish Education met widespread acclaim within and beyond the education community.. The third edition is a worthy successor. It demonstrates the same massive scale, and the same encyclopaedic coverage... there are numerous chapters where the level of analysis is impressively high, which are models of lucidity, perceptive and stimulating, and well (in some cases, elegantly) written. -- Gordon Kirk Times Education Supplement A compendium which provides a complete overview of the Scottish education system. In all, this is a book even bigger than the sum of its parts. -- Cate Watson Education in the North This third edition is an impressive and informative volume... containing up-to-the-minute information on the state of Scottish education, excellent analysis, critique and self-questioning. -- Jean Barr, University of Glasgow British Journal of Educational Studies The appearance in late 1999 of the monumental Scottish Education met widespread acclaim within and beyond the education community... The third edition is a worthy successor. It demonstrates the same massive scale, and the same encyclopaedic coverage... there are numerous chapters where the level of analysis is impressively high, which are models of lucidity, perceptive and stimulating, and well (in some cases, elegantly) written. A compendium which provides a complete overview of the Scottish education system. In all, this is a book even bigger than the sum of its parts. This third edition is an impressive and informative volume... containing up-to-the-minute information on the state of Scottish education, excellent analysis, critique and self-questioning.
Tom Bryce is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Strathclyde. A former Vice-Dean for Research, his interests are principally concerned with Scottish teacher education and with science education, much of his research being published in the international literature. Walter Humes is Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Stirling. Prior to retirement in 2010, he held professorships at the universities of Aberdeen, Strathclyde and West of Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780748625932 |
| ISBN 10 | 0748625933 |
| Title | Scottish Education |
| Author | T G K Bryce |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2008-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 1040 |
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