ABSTRACT
In the 1990s education has become one of the major social and political questions of the day. This book has been written to provide an authoritative guide to the issues which underlie the formulation of educational policy. It stands both as a substantial historical study in its own right and as an essential background and introduction to the current educational debate.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |106 pages
Politics of Education
chapter |13 pages
The Nineteenth-Century Legacy
chapter |14 pages
Stagnation or Progress? Education in the 1920s and 1930s
chapter |15 pages
The Politics and Administration of Consensus, 1945–1960
part |47 pages
Education and Society
chapter |14 pages
Education and Social Structure
chapter |18 pages
Education of Women and Girls
chapter |13 pages
Leisure, Broadcasting and Cinema
part |92 pages
Educational Institutions
chapter |13 pages
The Emergence of the Primary School
chapter |18 pages
Secondary Education for All
chapter |12 pages
The Development of Comprehensive Schools
chapter |12 pages
Public Schools
chapter |18 pages
Adult Education
chapter |17 pages
Higher Education
part |65 pages
Teachers and Teaching
chapter |15 pages
The Training of Teachers
chapter |14 pages
The Teaching Profession
chapter |16 pages
The School Curriculum
chapter |18 pages
School Examinations
part |9 pages
Conclusion