Throughout history, women from all over the world have come together for diverse and often contradictory purposes in informal networks, or as participants in men's organizations, or even more or less covertly. However, in Britain and Ireland at least, it is only in the past two centuries that they have in significant numbers banded together openly, formally, separately and autonomously. They have done so for a variety of reasons: to further a political cause, to improve social relations, to improve their understanding of the world or to acquire particular skills, to share a leisure or...
Throughout history, women from all over the world have come together for diverse and often contradictory purposes in informal networks, or as particip...
This book illustrates hitherto unexamined connections between the present state of teacher education in the UK and past models of practice. It locates contemporary debates within ongoing historical tensions over what constitutes a sound and proper start to a career in teaching. Questions as to the constituents of a professional training, the essential skills, knowledge and attitudes desired of an effective teacher, the most suitable locus of expertise, the relative roles of participants, and the balance of theory and practice lie at the heart of this book.
The book reviews...
This book illustrates hitherto unexamined connections between the present state of teacher education in the UK and past models of practice. It loca...
Professor Richard Aldrich, Institute of Education, University of London This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education, Richard Aldrich, examines, past, present and future relationships between the private and public dimensions of knowledge and education. Following the introduction, it is divided into three sections: ? Key themes and turning points in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century ? Examples from the twentieth century of non formal education with particular reference to girls and women, the care and education of pre-school children,...
Professor Richard Aldrich, Institute of Education, University of London This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education,...
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together research on the various aspects of private schooling through a series of specially commissioned, previously unpublished essays.
British private schools have long been subjected to both criticism for their elitism and praise for their academic success. This book brings together ...
