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Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has gone wrong with education policy. Drawing on wide-ranging research, the authors issue a fundamental challenge to current policy orthodoxies, and identify policy alternatives to make education both better and fairer

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 24pt 36pt;"><span style="color: #131413; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">The potential of inquiry-based pedagogies to improve the learning outcomes of students has gained some support in the literature. In Australia, a small group of schools has adopted inquiry-based pedagogies that foreground students' interests in order to re-engage young people who have been disenfranchised from schooling, and also to provide an alternative education for those seeking a more responsive form of educational provision. This paper reports on a phenomenographic analysis of the experiences of teachers in these schools, which was part of a larger study that included interviews with students and their parents or caregivers, classroom observations, and documentary analysis. In developing their curriculum, participating schools drew inspiration from a U.S. organization, Big Picture Learning; hence, a core element involved students learning through their interests (LTI), a feature of Big Picture schooling. The building of inquiry skills, for both students and teachers, is foundational to the success of LTI. This paper aims to contribute to more responsive education provision for disenfranchised young people by documenting the range of variation in teachers' experiences when implementing such a curriculum. We also consider the implications for sustainability of this approach in terms of the intellectual, physical, and emotional demands made on teachers.</span></p>

The practical and ethical challenges facing human service professionals working with refugees, asylum seekers and other people subject to immigration controls are discussed in this much-needed book. The contributors explore the tensions that exist between traditional anti-oppressive values and the role professionals increasingly play as 'gate keepers' to services. Drawing from the experience of practitioners working in child protection and family support, disability, the criminal justice system, asylum teams and immigration tribunals, Immigration and Asylum will prepare professionals working i

Social work is an international profession and is increasingly having to respond to the needs of displaced people and those impacted by immigration control systems. This book will be a vital resource for service providers, students and academics, specifically those who provide services to people whose lives are impacted by borders.