This is the first book to offer an overview of the ways in which the sweeping social and economic changes of the modern period have impacted on the education system. Roy Lowe draws on estensive research to paint a vivid picture of the ways in which schools and universities were moulded by external events and of the part they played in promoting modernisation of society. The book explores some key themes: * the nature of the economic transformations taking place; * the growing awareness of gender issues; * the changing ethnic composition of modern Britain; * the...
This is the first book to offer an overview of the ways in which the sweeping social and economic changes of the modern period have impacted on the ed...
This four volume set brings together some of the most significant and influential writing on the history of education during the past 30 years. It illustrates the key themes on which historians of education have worked during this period and shows their relevance for our understanding of the development of schooling and education systems worldwide. The four volumes are structured so that readers will see clearly what is distinctive about the study of the history of education in different parts of the English-speaking world but will also gain an insight into the ways in which historians have...
This four volume set brings together some of the most significant and influential writing on the history of education during the past 30 years. It ill...
This is the first book to offer an overview of the ways in which the sweeping social and economic changes of the modern period have impacted on the education system. Roy Lowe draws on estensive research to paint a vivid picture of the ways in which schools and universities were moulded by external events and of the part they played in promoting modernisation of society. The book explores some key themes: * the nature of the economic transformations taking place; * the growing awareness of gender issues; * the changing ethnic composition of modern Britain; * the...
This is the first book to offer an overview of the ways in which the sweeping social and economic changes of the modern period have impacted on the ed...
The first authoritative survey of the changing politics of the classroom since the Second World War. It charts the process by which society moved away from being one in which teachers decided both the content of the school curriculum and how it would be taught towards the present situation in which a host of external influences dictate the nature of the educational experience.
The book identifies the key social and political developments which made this transformation inevitable and, at the same time, raises the question of how far the loss of control by teachers has also...
The first authoritative survey of the changing politics of the classroom since the Second World War. It charts the process by which society moved a...
The first authoritative survey of the changing politics of the classroom since the Second World War. It charts the process by which society moved away from being one in which teachers decided both the content of the school curriculum and how it would be taught towards the present situation in which a host of external influences dictate the nature of the educational experience.
The book identifies the key social and political developments which made this transformation inevitable and, at the same time, raises the question of how far the loss of control by teachers has also...
The first authoritative survey of the changing politics of the classroom since the Second World War. It charts the process by which society moved a...
This new Major Work is a five-volume collection in Routledge s Major Themes in Education series. It charts the history and development of higher education. Encompassing the period since 1760, the principal focus is on the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, although more recent developments are also addressed.
The rise and development of universities and of higher education in Britain provides the central theme of the collection and is used as a model for developments elsewhere in the English-speaking world. Particular attention is paid to the United States and the British...
This new Major Work is a five-volume collection in Routledge s Major Themes in Education series. It charts the history and development of higher ed...
This was the first book which globally surveyed the impact of the Second World War on schooling. It offers fascinating comparisons of the impact of total war, both in terms of physical disruption and its effects on the ideology of schooling. By analysing the effects on the education systems of each of the participant nations the contributors throw new light on the responses made in different parts of the globe to the challenge of world-wide conflict.
This was the first book which globally surveyed the impact of the Second World War on schooling. It offers fascinating comparisons of the impact of...
This book provides an overview of the relationship between the sweeping social changes of the post-war period and education in England. It outlines the major demographic cultural and socio-economic developments which made new demands of the education service during the twenty years following the War and analyses the responses made by schools, colleges and universities. The book provides not only an informed narrative of the development of formal education, but also an authoritative account of the ways in which suburbanisation and the growth of the new property-owning middle class...
This book provides an overview of the relationship between the sweeping social changes of the post-war period and education in England. It outlines...
This was the first book which globally surveyed the impact of the Second World War on schooling. It offers fascinating comparisons of the impact of total war, both in terms of physical disruption and its effects on the ideology of schooling. By analysing the effects on the education systems of each of the participant nations the contributors throw new light on the responses made in different parts of the globe to the challenge of world-wide conflict.
This was the first book which globally surveyed the impact of the Second World War on schooling. It offers fascinating comparisons of the impact of to...
This text provides an overview of the relationship between the sweeping social changes of the post-war period and education in England. It outlines the major demographic cultural and socio-economic developments which made new demands of the education service during the 20 years following the War.
This text provides an overview of the relationship between the sweeping social changes of the post-war period and education in England. It outlines th...
