1st Edition

Contemporary Debates in Education An Historical Perspective

By Ron Brooks Copyright 1991
208 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Did the Thatcher years and their aftermath constitute a revolution or a restoration in education. Do they represent a departure from, or a reinforcement of tradition? Contemporary Debates in Education is a thought-provoking volume which reviews the reforms of the eighties and early nineties, then follow this with an examination of the long-standing issues in education over the last century in... Read more
Editor's preface
Author's preface
List of tables
List of figures
Acknowledgements

Part 1: Contemporary issues in education
1. A decade and more of debate

Part 2: Generic issues in education
2. The debate over the curriculum
3. Schools, systems and values
4. Further, higher and adult education since 1900
5. Undertsanding the 1990s

Biography

Brooks, Ron