Martin Merson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Merson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Merson |
| SIGNATURE | MERSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Teachers and the Myth of Modernisation
This paper seeks to analyse the proposals and assumptions in the Consultation Paper: Teachers Meeting the Challenge of Change (DfEE, 1998a). Although the Consultation Paper claims to be about the modernising of the teaching profession, it is argued here that it is a deeply conservative paper written with the economic and employment legacy of the New Right. The proposals are considered in relation to the tradition of teacher criticism and blame. T…
Political explanations for economic decline in Britain and their relationship to policies for education and training
This paper considers a number of explanations promoted by governments over the last two decades to explain Britain's economic decline. It is argued that the explanations are only partially based in economic realities and are contrived to legitimise broader agendas for policy initiatives. The inadequacy of the education and training system emerges as a recurrent theme and has, as a consequence, been subjected to considerable change. However, other…
Teacher match and education policy
One of the responsibilities of the DES is to plan for the recruitment and training of an appropriately qualified teaching force to meet the needs of our schools. Recent policy has paid considerable attention to the congruence between the training and qualifications of teachers and their teaching programmes; the term used to describe this relationship is ‘match’. Match can be investigated with respect to various aspects of a teacher's qualificatio…
The Problem of Communication
Essay| March 01 1956 The Problem of Communication Martin Merson Martin Merson Former Chief Consultant to the Administrator, International Information Administration MARTIN MERSON was appointed Executive Director of the Survey of Federal Reorganization which was designed to bring the First Hoover Commission proposals up to date for President Eisenhower in 1952. In 1953 he served as chief consultant for the State Department’s International Informat…
Teachers and the Myth of Modernisation
This paper seeks to analyse the proposals and assumptions in the Consultation Paper: Teachers Meeting the Challenge of Change (DfEE, 1998a). Although the Consultation Paper claims to be about the modernising of the teaching profession, it is argued here that it is a deeply conservative paper written with the economic and employment legacy of the New Right. The proposals are considered in relation to the tradition of teacher criticism and blame. T…
Political explanations for economic decline in Britain and their relationship to policies for education and training
This paper considers a number of explanations promoted by governments over the last two decades to explain Britain's economic decline. It is argued that the explanations are only partially based in economic realities and are contrived to legitimise broader agendas for policy initiatives. The inadequacy of the education and training system emerges as a recurrent theme and has, as a consequence, been subjected to considerable change. However, other…
The Problem of Communication
Essay| March 01 1956 The Problem of Communication Martin Merson Martin Merson Former Chief Consultant to the Administrator, International Information Administration MARTIN MERSON was appointed Executive Director of the Survey of Federal Reorganization which was designed to bring the First Hoover Commission proposals up to date for President Eisenhower in 1952. In 1953 he served as chief consultant for the State Department’s International Informat…
Teacher match and education policy
One of the responsibilities of the DES is to plan for the recruitment and training of an appropriately qualified teaching force to meet the needs of our schools. Recent policy has paid considerable attention to the congruence between the training and qualifications of teachers and their teaching programmes; the term used to describe this relationship is ‘match’. Match can be investigated with respect to various aspects of a teacher's qualificatio…
Political explanations for economic decline in Britain and their relationship to policies for education and training
This paper considers a number of explanations promoted by governments over the last two decades to explain Britain's economic decline. It is argued that the explanations are only partially based in economic realities and are contrived to legitimise broader agendas for policy initiatives. The inadequacy of the education and training system emerges as a recurrent theme and has, as a consequence, been subjected to considerable change. However, other…
Teachers and the Myth of Modernisation
This paper seeks to analyse the proposals and assumptions in the Consultation Paper: Teachers Meeting the Challenge of Change (DfEE, 1998a). Although the Consultation Paper claims to be about the modernising of the teaching profession, it is argued here that it is a deeply conservative paper written with the economic and employment legacy of the New Right. The proposals are considered in relation to the tradition of teacher criticism and blame. T…
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (1 works) · Administration (probate law) (1 works) · Art (1 works)