1. The Sixth Form Tradition. 2. The Further Education Tradition. 3. The Academic Curriculum. 4. The Vocational Curriculum. 5. General Education. 6. The Learning Experience. 7. Student Freedom and Responsibility. 8. Managing the Curriculum. 9. Student Care and Guidance. 10. Corporate Colleges. 11. The Future Prospect.
Biography
Eric Macfarlane has taught in, and been head of, both secondary modern and grammar schools. He was founding principal of Queen Mary's College, one of Hampshire's pioneering sixth-form colleges, and has been an LEA adviser, examiner and assessor of several national initiatives to improve the learning and teaching processes in schools, colleges and universities. Whilst principal of Queen Mary's College, he was seconded to Keble College for a year to assist with the Oxford Department of Education's introduction of a school-based teacher-training course. He worked at the University of Surrey and Birkbeck College promoting the Enterprise in Higher Education project, before becoming academic staff adviser/trainer in University College, London. Eric has had a long association with out-of-school learning initiatives and was chair of the Governing Council of the Active Training and Education Trust. He received the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 1988.
