Handbook of Critical Approaches to Politics and, Saltman, Nguyen Hardcover..

Taylor & Francis

Handbook of Critical Approaches to Politics and Policy of EducationAuthor(s): Kenneth J. Saltman, Nicole Nguyen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367702717, 978-0367702717\nSynopsis\nThe Handbook of Critical Approaches to Politics and Policy of Education provides a broad overview of educational policy and politics from critical perspectives engaging with both foundational and cutting edge topics. In critical perspectives, educational policy debates and programs for reform are about more than narrow questions of efficacy say to raise test scores or for simply more educational inclusion, fairer school spending, or even cultural responsiveness. Rather, policy and reform debates represent contested visions for schools and society by social groups vying for hegemony. Critical approaches to educational policy and politics see schooling and education more broadly as contested terrain in which competing visions for educat.