Knowledge, values and educational policy : a critical perspective / edited by Harry Daniels, Hugh Lauder, Jill Porter ; with Sarah Hartshorn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What are schools for? / Michael Young -- The school curriculum, theories of reproduction and necessary knowledge / Roy Nash -- The influence of constructivism on teaching and learning in classrooms / Annemarie Palincsar and Sarah Scott -- The double move in teaching developmental learning / Mariane Hedegaard -- Transfer of knowledge between education and workplace settings / Michael Eraut -- Learning in and for multiagency working / Paul Warmington -- Expansive learning in and for work / Hanna Toivianen and Yrj� Engestr�m -- Cultural ways of learning / Kris Gutierrez -- Equity and social justice discourses in education / Naz Rassool -- Gender theory and research in education / Jo-Anne Dillabough -- Symptoms, categories, and the process of invoking labels / Roger S�lj� and Eva Horne -- Inclusive pedagogy / Lani Florian and Ruth Kershner -- Disability : a complex interaction / Tom Shakespeare -- Realising the potential of system reform / David Hopkins -- Using assessment in education reform: policy, practice and future possibilities / Harry Torrance -- Why do some policies not work in schools? / Vivianne Robinson -- School as imagined community in discursive space: a perspective on the school effectiveness debate / Andrew Stables -- How do secondary school subject departments contribute to the learning of beginning teachers? / Alaster Douglas -- Developing pedagogy for doctors-as-teachers : the role of activity theory / Clare Morris -- Teacher/researcher : an unsustainable identity / Sarah O'flynn -- Using theory in social research : reflections on a doctoral study / Maria Balarin.