Product Description: A definitive reference work on Scottish education, this book covers standard educational practice and professional thinking from pre-school and primary through secondary and tertiary level. This volume brings together leading experts in the field, drawing on the knowledge of consultants in key areas...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 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...read more

The author shares a humorous account of his early days as a teacher in Scotland and his efforts to end the corporal punishment of students