'Free, Optional and Adaptable': Oak National Academy and the Governing of Teachers' Choices

Lawrence Wishart. Central Books Building, Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, London RM8 1RX, UK. Tel: 44-20-8597-0090; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/forum

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Teacher Attitudes; Educational Policy; Government (Administrative Body); Government Role; Academic Freedom; Preferences; Government School Relationship

10.3898/forum.2024.66.1.10

0963-8253

This article opens with two contrasting accounts of the provenance of Oak National Academy before tracing Oak's controversial development as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Education as a means (it is argued) of extending control not only over what teachers teach but over how they may teach it.

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2024

EJ1415939