Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of tables viii
4. List of abbreviations ix
5. About the author x
6. Acknowledgements xi
7. Preface xii
8. one What is education? 1
9. two Desirable outcomes 13
10. three Intellectual ability 29
11. four Learning 45
12. five Teaching 55
13. six Schools 71
14. seven Quality control 103
15. eight Strengths 115
16. nine Ambiguities 133
17. ten Weaknesses 153
18. eleven How good is the system? 175
19. twelve A better system? 201
20. thirteen Steps towards a better system 209
21. fourteen What next? 235
22. Notes 243
23. References 279
24. Index 301