Specialisation and Choice in Urban Education: The City Technology College Experiment

Specialisation and Choice in Urban Education explores how city technology colleges (CTC) have managed the task of selecting intakes representatives of their catchment areas and their impact on local schools. It uses interviews with key architects of the initiative to identify the objectives CTCs were designed to serve and draws on interviews and observation in CTCs to discover how far they are becoming centres of innovation in school management, curriculum, and approaches to teaching and learning.

Format: Hardback
Length: 205 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Specialisation and Choice in Urban Education, originally published in 1993, delves into the fascinating realm of city technology colleges (CTC) and their remarkable approach to selecting intake representatives from their catchment areas. This insightful book explores the profound impact of CTCs on local schools, shedding light on their role as both a new choice for inner-city students and a catalyst for a more diversified education system.

The development of CTCs is intricately documented in this account, utilizing a combination of interviews with key architects of the initiative and firsthand observations within CTCs themselves. Through these interviews, the objectives of CTCs become more clearly defined, highlighting their mission to serve as centers of innovation in school management, curriculum, teaching, and learning.

The CTC policy is examined within the broader context of Governments political project to challenge "welfarism" and foster entrepreneurship, competition, and choice. This book serves as a vital resource for scholars and researchers in the fields of education policy, sociology of education, and education in general, offering valuable insights and perspectives on the evolving landscape of urban education.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032270258