EDUCATIONAL-POLICY MAKING AND THE EDUCATIONAL MOSAIC - A RESPONSE TO PIGIAKI,POPI

A response to Pigiaki's critique (Educational Review, 47, pp. 289-296) of David Hargreaves' 1994 Demos pamphlet The Mosaic of Learning: scho ols and teachers for the next century, corrects several serious misrep resentations in Pigiaki's account and comments on selected criticisms, particularly the suggestion that Hargreaves's work reveals ideologica l gaps. The article defends the thesis that diversity and choice, if p rotected by adherence to the comprehensive principle, is a desirable d evelopment in secondary education. By distinguishing three perspective s on comprehensive schools, named selective, traditionalist and evolut ionist, it suggests that the issue of diversity and choice will, under a New Labour government, be an important area for policy development in which academics could play an influential role. The use of pamphlet s to reach non-academic audiences interested in policy development is urged.