British Private Schools: Research on Policy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780713040487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 232 str.

Geoffrey Walford

Opis

British private schools have long been subjected to both criticism for their elitism and praise for their academic success. This book brings together research on the various aspects of private schooling through a series of specially commissioned, previously unpublished essays.

Spis treści

Part 1 Historical perspectives: from Labour to new Labour - bridging the divide between state and private schooling, Ted tapper; the Trades Union Congress and the public schools, 1870-1970, Clive Griggs; planning enlightenment and dignity - the girls' schools, 918-58, Sara Delamont; intakes and examination results at state and private schools, Alice Sullivan and Anthony F. Heath. Part 2 Present-day private schools: teacher sickness absence in independent schools, Tony Bowers; use and ornament - girls in former boys' independent schools, Pauline Dooley and Mary Fuller; independent schools and chartible status - legal meaning, taxation advantages and potential removed, David Palfreyman; Muslim schools in Britain, Geoffrey Walford. Part 3 School and university choice: parental choice and involvement - private and state schools, Anne West and Philip Noden; economic aspirations, cultural replication and social dilemmas - interpreting parental choice of British private schools, Nick Foskett and Jane Hemsle-Brown; choice or chance - the university challenge how schools reproduce and produce social capital in the choice process, Lesley Pugsley.

O autorze

Geoffrey Walford