Bøker av Dr Emma Smith

Issues concerning the supply of teachers are of perennial concern to both policy-makers and researchers in the world of education. This study provides research findings and an iconoclastic treatment of issues relating to the recruitment, quality, training, and retention of teachers throughout the developed world.

Underachievement in school is one of the most widely used terms in education. This book provides a critical analysis of two sides of the underachievement debate, at each of the three levels of focus - international, the UK and the individual. It considers the 'crisis' account; of falling standards and failing pupils.