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Routledge
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Routledge
272 Pages
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Routledge
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Education is a country's biggest business and the most important shared experience of those who live in it. A Century of Education provides an accessible, authoritative and fascinating overview of the role and nature of education in the twentieth century. Eminent historian of education, Professor Richard Aldrich has assembled a team of contributors, all noted experts in their respective fields, to... Read more
List of contributors, Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, Key events in education in the twentieth century, Introduction, 1 Primary education, 2 Secondary education, 3 Further education, 4 Higher education, 5 Central and local government, 6 Teachers, 7 Pupils and students, 8 Special educational needs, 9 Curriculum, 10 Qualifications and assessment, Conclusion, Index
Biography
Richard Aldrich
Times Educational Supplement Book of the Week, January 2002
'The great value of this book is that it sets into context a century of ever-accelerating changes. A new generation of teachers needs to study these and see them for what they were. "The only uniformity of practcie that [we] desire to see ... is that each teacher should think for himself." It's time the pendulum swung back a little. If enough young teachers read this and reflect upon it, that could well begin to happen.' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement
'Aldrich, as editor, has managed to achieve coherence without too much uniformity ... This thorough and most interesting collection of stories from our recent past underlines the importance of knowing where we have been if we want to be better informed about where we should be going.' - Ted Wragg, Royal Society of Arts Journal
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