{"product_id":"creative-art-of-troublemaking-in-educat","title":"Creative Art Of Troublemaking In Educat","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a lifetime’s experience and research in education, Frank Coffield brings together some of his previously published papers to assess the impact of a wide range of national educational policies and to examine the role of the state in public education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe concludes that damage has been done to education by political parties of both right and left and that damage will not be reversed until: further, vocational and adult education receive the same levels of commitment and resource as other sectors; serious steps are taken to tackle Britain’s unacceptable levels of poverty; and the powers of the state are reduced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the unresolved challenges highlighted are the plight of young people from deprived estates; their tactics in dealing with unemployment; the task of improving learning, schools, inspection, and system governance; the failure to increase productivity being blamed solely on education; and the dysfunctional and undemocratic political framework on which education reform is forced to depend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential read for anyone in education, this provocative criticism of our past and current educational ''system'' provides an accessible as well as a humorous critique of educational policy and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57411566043518,"sku":"NW9781032759104","price":27.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781032759104.jpg?v=1778757825","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/creative-art-of-troublemaking-in-educat","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}