This is the fourth edition of the best-selling guide to Scottish Education. Significantly revised and updated, this 4th edition reflects the considerable changes that have taken place in education in recent years, taking account of a wealth of new research evidence. Featuring 60 new authors, the latest volume contains fresh, forthright and informed commentary on every aspect of education and is essential reading for anyone concerned to know how education 'works' in Scotland. It examines educational practice and professional thinking from pre-school and primary, through secondary, further and higher education; and locates Scottish education within its social, cultural and political context.