Product Description: First published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: Published in the year 2005, World Yearbook of Education is a valuable contribution to the field of Major Works.

Product Description: This book explores the limits to rational management. The authors develop the idea of organizational irony as a central concept for analyzing and explaining management activity in a managerialist environment. Drawing on international research as well as their own extensive experience in educational organizations, the authors show that effectiveness is not necessarily the result of over-rationalistic approaches to educational management...read more

Product Description: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: The relative status, autonomy and professional knowledge of teachers is currently under review in the UK. Recent legislation has signalled the government's determination to redefine the role of the teacher. This book addresses these issues by analyzing teachers' knowledge, the significance of autonomy for effective practice, and the values and attitudes entailed in the idea of professional responsibility...read more