1st Edition
The University and Public Education The Contribution of Oxford
Edited By Harry Judge
Copyright 2007
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines an important aspect of the relationship between higher education and the public - especially secondary - system of schooling in Britain.
Higher education has influenced secondary schools in a number of ways, and not least in the development of school examinations. The contributors to this book – each of them experts in their fields analyse the contributions made by some... Read more
Chapter 1 H. A. L. Fisher: scholar and minister, Harry Judge; Chapter 2 T. H. Green: citizenship, education and the law, Raymond Plant; Chapter 3 Michael Sadler and Comparative Education, David Phillips; Chapter 4 Cyril Norwood and the English tradition of education, Gary McCulloch; Chapter 5 Anthony Crosland: intellectual and politician, Maurice Kogan; Chapter 6 Alan Bullock: historian, social democrat and chairman, Geoffrey Caston; Chapter 7 A. H. Halsey: Oxford as a base for social research and educational reform, George Smith, Teresa Smith; Chapter 8 How élite?, Sheldon Rothblatt; Chapter 9 Oxford and the mandarin culture: the past that is gone, Vernon Bogdanor;
Biography
Harry Judge has been the director of a university department of education and the head of a comprehensive school. He has written widely on the history of educational policies and held a number of visiting appointments at major universities in the United States.
