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Woburn Education Series
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Musical Visitors to Britain
Britain has attracted many musical visitors to its shores. A varied and often eccentric collection of individuals, some were invited by royalty with musical tastes,…
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Curriculum Change in Secondary Schools, 1957-2004
A curriculum roundabout?
This book is about curriculum change in secondary schools and shows how the quality of education has been affected by increasing intervention from central government.…
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The Schooling of Working-Class Girls in Victorian Scotland
Gender, Education and Identity
The portrayal of Scotland as a particularly patriarchal society has traditionally had the effect of marginalizing Scottish women, both teachers and students, in both Scottish…
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Understanding History
International Review of History Education 4
What sense do children and young people make of history? How do they cope with competing historical accounts in textbooks? How do they think historical…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-7130-0245-4 (Routledge)
The Struggle for the General Teaching Council
This book chronicles the history of the struggle to promote a self-governing body for the teaching profession from its early problems at the start of… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35770-8 (Routledge)
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Teachers and Football
Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915
The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers, through the… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-7130-4063-0 (Routledge)
Education and Labour Party Ideologies 1900-2001and Beyond
In 1997 Tony Blair broke with tradition by naming education as a major priority for the General Election Manifesto. In the past, Labour leaders had… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34777-8 (Routledge)
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Universities and the State in England, 1850-1939
The question of the relationships between universities and the state is one of considerable current concern and debate. This book studies the development of the…
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Becoming Teachers
Texts and Testimonies, 1907-1950
There is an extraordinary gap in the published history of schooling in the twentieth century. Nowhere is the voice of the teacher, telling his or… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-7130-4032-6 (Routledge)
Clara Collet, 1860-1948
An Educated Working Woman
This absorbing account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment, is the first biography of… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-7130-4060-9 (Routledge)