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Testing Times

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Testing Times

By Philip Dixon

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About the book

The Welsh Government's Department of Education was famously called 'dysfunctional', by its own Minister. In Testing Times, a forensic and devastating critique of the Welsh Government's strategies and initiatives since devolution, the respected educationalist Philip Dixon argues that this is still the case, stating: 'If you want to find the weakest link in Welsh education today then look no further.'A strong supporter of devolution, and a firm believer that Wales has the capability to create a wo...Show more

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9781860571244

Publisher

Welsh Academic Press

Published year

2016

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1

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Testing Times

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Paperback

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