Sociological Analysis and Education Management: the social context of the self‐managing school |
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| Authors: | Lawrence Angus |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Education , Monash University |
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| Abstract: | In this paper I take issue with the claim of Ozga (1992) that because of the poor quality of many recent texts on education management, and their lack of a sociological perspective, they are not proper material for analysis in the British Journal of Sociology of Education. I argue that sociological analysis of such texts is an urgent priority because they have gained credibility among education practitioners and provide a spurious legitimacy to new right policy directions. This general argument is illustrated by focussing on four specific limitations of one of the most popular current texts on education management. |
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