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Educational Reconstruction The 1944 Education Act and the Twenty-first Century

216 Pages

by Routledge

212 Pages

by Routledge

216 Pages

by Routledge

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This book presents a clear overview of the debates that surrounded the making of the 1944 Act, which affected every aspect of education in this country. It gives a detailed account of the tripartite divisions into 'three types of child' that were sanctioned in the reforms of the 1940s. At the same time, it also emphasises the idea of education as a civic project which underlay the reforms and... Read more

Journal of Educational Administration- "In this richly detailed and fascinating book, McCulloch attempts to weave a tapestry around the notion of educational reconstruction and largely of competing ideas and ideologies from the 1940s to the present day."

History of Education- " This is a provocative and stimulating work by a fine historian...it is...a coherent, well-written and sensibly priced volume