ABSTRACT

This tribute from historian and educationists to the work and influence of Peter Gordon, Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Education in London, is grouped round the central theme of the educational history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|16 pages

Authority and Freedom

John Henry Newman and the Formation of Youth

chapter 4|24 pages

Classics in the Colonies

Conflict at the University of Melbourne in the 1850s

chapter 5|18 pages

Personalities and Policy

Sadler, Morant and the Structure of Education in England

chapter 6|22 pages

Educating the Public

Tawney, the Manchester Guardian and Educational Reform

chapter 7|21 pages

An Essay in Missing Out

Technical Education in the Shadow of the Second World War

chapter 9|22 pages

External Examining in Higher Education

A Secret History