This book offers an alternative approach to secondary school organization. In line with the definition formulated by John Dewey's philosophy of education, the book shows how to respond more successfully to the requirements of today's information age.
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The papers which make up this volume have for the most part emerged from the work of a team of young researchers based for varying periods at the Department of Educational Studies of the University of Oxford as part of an international network funded by the European Union.