Schools, Markets and Choice Policies by Fitz John Gorard Stephen Taylor Chris (2003-12-05) Paperback

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Quantitative Methods in Educational Research: The Role of Numbers Made Easy

( This is a comprehensive guide to quantitative research,...)

This is a comprehensive guide to quantitative research, rooted in the author's own teaching and research. In particular, it challenges both the student who "does not do numbers" and the student who does nothing but numbers (and who therefore fails to interpret or challenge his/her results). The book shows how all educational researchers need to "do" quantitative research, even if only in the sense of reading other people's research findings. In fact, the book argues that the conventional distinction between primary and secondary research data is inadequate, since there is enormous need/opportunity for conducting research through using and reinterpreting secondary data. This leads to one of the main selling points of the book - Gorard's idea of the "idle researcher", who makes valuable contributions to the research literature by using data gathered by other researchers.

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Schools, Markets and Choice Policies

(Choice and selection are now cornerstones of education po...)

Choice and selection are now cornerstones of education policies wherever these have been shaped by market economics. Now, as never before, schools can face uncertain futures, because their survival is determined by external factors such as admission policies and parental preferences. Because of the link between schooling, and housing and other public sector services, the implications of increasing choice extends well beyond education. Schools, Markets and Choice Policies brings together the findings of the most comprehensive research ever conducted into choice in secondary education, and provides in-depth context, analysis and discussion. In assessing the impact of choice policies not only upon the education system itself, but also upon wider society, it provides valuable insights into economic and social segregation. A groundbreaking contribution to the debate on the role of choice and market economies in education, this book is essential reading for anyone involved in determining or implementing education policy at all levels.

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School Choice in an Established Market

(The trend towards marketization of schools is the focus o...)

The trend towards marketization of schools is the focus of this book. It aims to outline the varied economic and political arguements both for and against increased parental choice. The book also describes how the choice actually takes place, including when the choice takes place, who has the final say, how many schools are considered, and which choice criteria are reported. One of the basic premises of the book is that the full effect of reforms in education policy cannot be seen for at least a generation. In order to understand some of the longer term implications of competition between schools, the work includes a number of fee-paying schools which are competing in a very volatile localized market.

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Quantitative Methods in Social Science Research

( This clever scheme builds on Gorard's previous book, Qu...)

This clever scheme builds on Gorard's previous book, Quantitative Methods in Educational Research. He has revised the original book in the light of experience and feedback, and has reworked it so that it includes more social science examples. Four chapters are entirely new.

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Information Technology (Teach Yourself 101 Key Ideas)

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Information technology is redefining the world in which we live. Organisation spend billions on it, and data about us is being stored on it and communicated across cyberspace by it. This book unravels the answers to all sorts of questions about how information technology works and the effects it is having on society.

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Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Information Technology and the Learning Society

( This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adu...)

This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic research projects in this area, the authors present their findings and offer practical recommendations for the use of new technology in a learning society. They invite debate on: • why ICTs are believed to be capable of affecting positive change in adult learning • the drawbacks and limits of ICT in adult education • what makes a lifelong learner • the wider social, economic, cultural and political realities of the information age and the learning society. Adult Learning addresses key questions and provides a sound empirical foundation to the existing debate, highlighting the complex realities of the learning society and e-learning rhetoric. It tells the story of those who are excluded from the learning society, and offers a set of strong recommendations for practitioners, policy-makers, and politicians, as well as researchers and students.

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Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Information Technology and the Learning Society by Selwyn Neil Gorard Stephen Furlong John (2005-11-13) Paperback

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Teach Yourself 101 Key Ideas Information Technology (Teach Yourself (NTC))

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Find out the facts fast with these easy-to-use yet comprehensive overviews Teach Yourself 101 Key Ideas Information Technology is perfect for you if you are a student or are just interested in the subject. It provides an interesting and informative account of the field's 101 key ideas, arranged in alphabetical order. No need to read cover to cover—you can just dip in and find the explanations you need!

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(Quantitative Methods in Educational Research: The Role of Numbers Made Easy) Author: Stephen Gorard published on (September, 2001)

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