Encouraging Learning

by Penny McKeown, Jane Roland Martin, Jon Nixon, et al.

This book offers a radical critique of both the Government's agenda for educational reform and of the various alternative agendas that have been proposed in recent years. It is based upon original research by a distinguished interdisciplinary author team. The focus of the book is on the work of secondary schools located in contexts of disadvantage and on the overwhelming need to motivate young people and to foster in them a sense of purpose and optimism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335190871
• ISBN13: 9780335190874
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"