ABSTRACT
Fred Clarke (1880-1952) is perhaps best known for his work as the director of the Institute of Education, University of London (IOE), from 1936 to 1945, for his subsequent position as the chairman of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England), for his contributions to educational reform, especially in English secondary education, and for his elaboration of the “English tradition” of education in his book Education and Social Change: An English Interpretation.1 According to
*Email: g.mcculloch@ioe.ac.uk 1Fred Clarke, Education and Social Change: An English Interpretation (London: Sheldon Books, 1940). See also, for example, Richard Aldrich, The Institute of Education 1902-2002: A Centenary History (London: Institute of Education, 2002), esp. chap. 5-6; and Gary McCulloch, Failing the Ordinary Child? The Theory and Practice of Working Class Secondary Education (Buckingham: Open University Press, 1998), chap. 4. On Clarke’s approach to education reform in England, see also Hsiao-Yuh Ku, “Education for liberal democracy: Fred Clarke and educational reconstruction in England, 1936-1952” 2012).
