More Things in Heaven and Earth: contradiction and co‐optation in education policy

References

• Althusser , L. 1977 . For Marx , London : New Left Books .
   Google Scholar
• Apple , M. 1989 . “ How equality has been redefined in the Conservative restoration ” . In Equity in Education , Edited by: Secada , W. G. Basingstoke : Falmer Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ball , S.J. 1990 . Politics and Policy‐making in Education: explorations in policy sociology , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Berge , E. On the nature of welfare goods . unpublished paper presented at the BSA Annual Conference, . April , Guildford. Social Divisions and Social Change ,
   Google Scholar
• Borg , C. , Camilleri , J. , Mayo , P. and Xerri , T. A critical analysis of the National Minimum Curriculum for Malta and Gozo . unpublished paper presented to the 36th Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, . Annapolis, USA.
   Google Scholar
• Bourdieu , P. 1984 . Distinction: a social critique of the judgement of taste , Boston : Harvard University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Carnoy , M. 1990 . “ Education and the transition state ” . In Education and Social Transition in the Third World , Edited by: Carnoy , M. and Samoff , J. Princeton : Princeton University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Chitty , C. 1989 . Towards a New Education System: the victory of the New Right? , London : Falmer Press .
   Google Scholar
• Clegg , S.R. 1989 . Frameworks of Power , London : Sage .
   Google Scholar
• Cook , P. and Kirkpatrick , C. , eds. 1988 . Privatisation in Less Developed Countries , New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf .
   Google Scholar
• Darmanin , M. 1985 . “ Malta's teachers and social change ” . In The Politics of Teacher Unionism , Edited by: Lawn , M. London : Croom Helm .
   Google Scholar
• Darmanin , M. 1989 . Sociological perspectives on schooling in Malta , University College of Cardiff . unpublished PhD,
   Google Scholar
• Darmanin , M. 1991a . “ Schooling and class ” . In Themes in Education: a Maltese reader , Edited by: Sultana , R. G. Msida : Mireva .
   Google Scholar
• Darmanin , M. 1991b . National interests and private interests in policy making . International Studies in Sociology of Education , 1 : 59 – 86 .
   Google Scholar
• Darmanin , M. 1992 . The labour market of schooling: Maltese girls in education and economic planning . Gender and Education , : 105 – 126 .
   Google Scholar
• Darmanin , M. 1993 . “ Privatization, policies and politics ” . In Maltese Society: a sociological Reader , Edited by: Sultana , R. G. and Baldacchino , G. Msida : Mireva .
   Google Scholar
• 1993 . Estimates , Valletta, , Malta : Ministry of Finance .
   Google Scholar
• Falzon , J. and Borg , M. 1991 . Streaming in Maltese primary schools . Research in Education , 45 : 1 – 12 .
   Google Scholar
• Farrugia , C.J. 1992 . Authority and control in the Maltese educational system . International Review of Education , 38 : 155 – 171 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fenech , J. 1992a . Laying the foundations for cultures of teaching . Education , 4 (2) : 2 – 8 .
   Google Scholar
• Fenech , J. 1992b . Primary schooling in Malta: a historical and ethnographic study , University of London . unpublished PhD thesis,
   Google Scholar
• Harper , J.D. 1990 . Review of skills surveys to‐date Malta unpublished mimeo., ETC,
   Google Scholar
• Johnson , R. 1991 . “ A new road to serfdom? A critical history of the 1988 Act ” . In Education Limited , Edited by: Education Group II . London : Unwin Hyman .
   Google Scholar
• Laclau , E. 1977 . Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory , London : New Left Books .
   Google Scholar
• Lawn , M. and Ozga , J. 1986 . Unequal partners; teachers under indirect rule . British Journal of Sociology of Education , 7 : 225 – 237 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Malta Development Corporation (MDC) . 1987 . “ Education and Industry Unit ” . In Skills and Training Needs Survey Report Malta unpublished mimeo.,
   Google Scholar
• Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) . 1986 . Memorandum to Political Parties . The Teacher , : II – VIII .
   Google Scholar
• Malta Union of Teachers . 1992 . Memo. to Political Parties 1992, unpublished mimeo , Valletta : The Teachers’ Institute . Malta Union of Teachers (n.d.) The views of the MUT on the National Minimum Curriculum, press release, The Teachers’ Institute, Valletta.
   Google Scholar
• Nationalist Party . 1987 . Fehmiet Bazici [Basic Principles] , Malta : Progress Press .
   Google Scholar
• Offe , K. 1985 . Disorganized Capitalism , Cambridge : Polity Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ozga , J. 1988 . “ Introduction: teaching, professionalism and work ” . In Schoolwork: approaches to the labour process of teaching , Edited by: Ozga , J. Milton Keynes : Open University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ozga , J. and Lawn , M. 1981 . Teachers, Professionalism and Class , London : Falmer Press .
   Google Scholar
• Pring , R. 1987 . Privatization in education . Journal of Education Policy , 2 : 289 – 299 .
   Google Scholar
• Saussure , F. 1974 . Course in General Linguistics , Glasgow : Fontana/Collins .
   Google Scholar
• 1991 . Society , 12 : 18 – 29 . Funding for public education.
   Google Scholar
• Sultana , R.G. 1991 . “ Social class and educational achievement in Malta ” . In Themes in Education: a Maltese reader , Edited by: Sultana , R. G. Malta : Mireva .
   Google Scholar
• Sultana , R.G. 1992a . Education and National Development: historical and critical perspectives on vocational schooling in Malta , Malta : Mireva .
   Google Scholar
• Sultana , R.G. 1992b . Personal and social education: curriculum innovation and school bureaucracies in Malta . British Journal of Guidance and Counselling , 20 : 164 – 185 .
   Google Scholar
• Vella , M. 1987 . Some notes from the STN survey with critical observations and preliminary observations , Malta : Human Resources Information Unit, MDC . unpublished mimeo,
   Google Scholar
• Wain , K. 1991 . The Maltese National Curriculum: a critical evaluation , Malta : Mireva .
   Google Scholar
• Zahra , S. and Ebejer , E. 1992 . The wants and needs of industry: an educational perspective , University of Malta . unpublished BEduc(Hons) dissertation,
   Google Scholar