{"product_id":"9781402024948","title":"Social Geographies of Educational Change","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSocial Geographies of Educational Change\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHernandez, F.; Goodson, I.F.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial Geographies, as spatial location, is a factor relevant to understanding the variety of people’s interpretations and appropriations of educational innovations and changes. Their location in the social space also influences their response to change. In the field of educational change, social space means for example, skin colour, gender distribution of teachers in one school, children’s self-cultural representations or parents’ religious attitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy using the notion of Social Geographies in the context of educational change, the authors address the following questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow initiatives in a classroom or department are influenced by the surrounding context of the school, the district or the nation; \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow innovation spreads or diffuses from one school to another;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow and whether reforms can be scaled up from a few schools to a whole system;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow seemingly standardised reforms affect schools differently depending on where they are located;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow schools influence one another;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow the identities of, and interrelationships among, schools are affected by technology, principles of market competition and choice, and other initiatives. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is relevant to educationalists, policy-makers, teachers, and students interested in a more complex approach to understand and intervene in educational change processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2004-10-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781402024948\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/1-4020-2495-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 232cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 173\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44698378010764,"sku":"9781402024948","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781402024948.jpg?v=1770787639","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781402024948","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}