{"product_id":"2026200012853-secondhand-accountability-in-education","title":"Accountability In Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of politics, pedagogy, and public trust, Accountability in Education presents a rigorous and timely examination of one of the most contested questions in modern schooling: to whom are educators answerable, and by what standards should they be judged? Edited by Tony Becher and Stuart Maclure, this landmark anthology assembles leading voices in educational policy and theory to interrogate the mechanisms, assumptions, and consequences of accountability as it was being debated and reshaped in the latter decades of the twentieth century. The collection addresses the tension between professional autonomy and public scrutiny, tracing the fault lines that run between teachers, administrators, parents, and the state.\n\nThe contributors bring a breadth of disciplinary perspectives — from sociology and philosophy to economics and political science — that together illuminate the structural pressures bearing down on educational institutions. Becher and Maclure's editorial framework is incisive, weaving the individual essays into a coherent argument about the nature of institutional responsibility in a democratic society. For anyone seeking to understand how the language of accountability came to dominate educational discourse — and what was gained and lost in that transformation — this volume remains an indispensable, provocative starting point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203279397083,"sku":"2026200012853-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/23c9ad95-0f08-4b95-bbbd-55eacedfaa76.png?v=1788147389","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012853-secondhand-accountability-in-education","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}