218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1977, Patterns of Education in the British Isles is the first modern discussion of the educational systems of the British Isles and the ways in which they influence each other. It is no arid account of administrative structures but the first major attempt to set the systems in their cultural, political, and historical context, and to relate them to each other.
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Foreword 1. The Distinguished Islands 2. The Development of the Systems 3. The Systems in Action 4. The Interaction of the Systems 5. The Minorities: Islands and Languages 6. The Professionals 7. Devolution in a Wider World
Biography
Robert Bell studied the early cultures of the British Isles at Cambridge and went to train as a teacher at Trinity College, Dublin. He subsequently taught in the Irish Republic and in Northern Ireland before going on to the University of Edinburg and the Open University.
Nigel Grant was a major scholar in the field of international and comparative education, making many distinguished contributions over the period 1960–2003.
