Robert Smithson Unearthed: Drawings, Collages, Writings

The second edition of the standard text on educational provision in Scotland covers educational practice and professional thinking from pre-school and primary through secondary to tertiary level. It provides comprehensive coverage of teaching and learning, curriculum and assessment, educational institutions and policies, current achievements and future challenges, locating Scottish education within its social, cultural and political context. The new edition provides analysis of the impact of the Scottish Parliament; descriptions of new government departments; new topics including financing of educational provision, school and work; Scottish languages, and outdoor education; review of national priorities and the national debate; explanation of changes to school curricula and assessment; and an account of new institutional arrangements and organizations. This is a substantial updating of the first edition taking account of the many changes post-devolution, featuring more than forty new authors. Less