Investigating educational policy through ethnography

• Other Authors: Walford, Geoffrey.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam : JAI, 2003.
• Series: Studies in educational ethnography ; v. 8.
• Subjects: Education and state.; Educational anthropology.; Education > Political aspects.; Ethnology.; Physical anthropology & ethnography.; Organization & management of education.; Education > Administration > General.; Education > Research.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849502108 (electronic bk.) : 1849502102 (electronic bk.) : 0762310189 (hbk.); 9780762310180 (hbk.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 255 p.)

Within the United Kingdom questions about the relevance of educational research and its relationship to policy have recently been the centre of a prolonged, public and sometimes acrimonious debate.The chapters in this book illustrate the ability of ethnographic work to assist in understanding the ef...