Ian Abbott
Biographic Data
| ID | 4084665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Abbott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Abbott |
| SIGNATURE | ABBOTT I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Leadership and the reform of education
Successive governments have placed heavy emphasis on the importance of leadership in bringing about educational reform and improvement. Throughout the period under consideration, in the book, there
Politics and education policy into practice
Set against a period of rapid change, education has grown in political importance and policy development has moved from the local authority to central government with a key role being played by the Secretary of State. Based on a series of semi-structured interviews, with 10 politicians who have served as Secretary of State for Education, this paper considers a range of issues related to the development and implementation of education policy in En…
Governing the governors
This paper addresses the nature of governors in the governance of further education colleges in an English context. It explores the complex relationship between governors (people/agency), government (policy/structure) and governance (practice), in a college environment. While recent research has focused on the governance of schooling and higher education there has been little attention paid to the role of governors in the lifelong learning sector…
Democratic Learning in Teacher Education
The democratic learning approach in initial teacher education is one that has been introduced in a limited number of higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. The evidence to date appears to support the expansion of such an approach to other institutions and this paper contains details of one such attempt. The implication of the findings is that democratic learning is an approach that can be successfully incorporated into a variety of …
Governing the governors
This paper addresses the nature of governors in the governance of further education colleges in an English context. It explores the complex relationship between governors (people/agency), government (policy/structure) and governance (practice), in a college environment. While recent research has focused on the governance of schooling and higher education there has been little attention paid to the role of governors in the lifelong learning sector…
Democratic Learning in Teacher Education
The democratic learning approach in initial teacher education is one that has been introduced in a limited number of higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. The evidence to date appears to support the expansion of such an approach to other institutions and this paper contains details of one such attempt. The implication of the findings is that democratic learning is an approach that can be successfully incorporated into a variety of …
Governing the governors
This paper addresses the nature of governors in the governance of further education colleges in an English context. It explores the complex relationship between governors (people/agency), government (policy/structure) and governance (practice), in a college environment. While recent research has focused on the governance of schooling and higher education there has been little attention paid to the role of governors in the lifelong learning sector…
Leadership and the reform of education
Successive governments have placed heavy emphasis on the importance of leadership in bringing about educational reform and improvement. Throughout the period under consideration, in the book, there
Politics and education policy into practice
Set against a period of rapid change, education has grown in political importance and policy development has moved from the local authority to central government with a key role being played by the Secretary of State. Based on a series of semi-structured interviews, with 10 politicians who have served as Secretary of State for Education, this paper considers a range of issues related to the development and implementation of education policy in En…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 works)