The Creative Art of Troublemaking in Education [Hardcover]

Drawing on a lifetimes experience and research in education, Frank Coffield brings together some of his previously published papers to assess the impact of a wide range of national educational policies and to examine the role of the state in public education.

1. Introduction;  PART 1 Juvenile delinquency;  2. A Glasgow gang observed;  3. Entr?e and exit;  PART 2 Youth unemployment;  4. How young people try to survive being unemployed;  5. Is there work after the MSC?;  PART 3 The world of work and Further Education;  6. Britains continuing failure to train: The birth pangs of a new policy;  7. Resistance is fertile: The demands the FE sector must make of the next government;  PART 4 Enhancing education;  8. Breaking the consensus: Lifelong learning as social control;  9. Learning styles: Time to move on;  10. Coffields learning or teaching styles questionnaire (CLOTS 2008) ;  11. Rolling out good, best and excellent practice: What next?  Perfect practice?;  12. If theres no such thing as best practice, how can we improve teaching?;  13. Running ever faster down the wrong road: An alternative future for education and skills;  PART 5 Improving education systems;  14. Government policy is no longer the solution;  15. Why the McKinsey reports will not improve school systems;  16. From exam factories to communities of discovery: The democratic route;  17. Will the leopard change its spots? A new model of inspection for Ofsted;  18. The music in the word education;  19. Final comments

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