History of Education

Originally published in 1991, this title was begun just before passage of the Education Reform Act of 1988 (ERA 88), which was implemented in the 1990s. The study reflects both the criticism and the praise showered on that important legislation, particularly in the Brief History and School Structure..

Education in Manliness explores the central educational ideal of the Victorian and Edwardian public school. The book traces the formulation of what Edward Thring, the most celebrated headmaster of the era, termed ‘true manliness’, noting the debt to the Platonic concept of the whole man and to Chris..

Covering both formal and informal education this volume examines Renaissance education in England and Italy, set within the relevant social, historical and political context...

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..

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..

Education in the Second World War..

Education in the Second World War..

This volume examines issues of low self-esteem among pupils at secondary modern schools, academic versus practical curricula, assessment and challenges for teachers – issues which are still pertinent today. The articles which make up this book, originally published in the journal The Schoolmaster we..

This volume examines issues of low self-esteem among pupils at secondary modern schools, academic versus practical curricula, assessment and challenges for teachers – issues which are still pertinent today. The articles which make up this book, originally published in the journal The Schoolmaster we..

This book re-examines aspects of historical socialism, and includes case studies of education within twenty-first century socialist and post-socialist contexts shaped by the trajectories of historical socialism. It was originally published as a special issue of Globalisation, Societies and Education..

This book re-examines aspects of historical socialism, and includes case studies of education within twenty-first century socialist and post-socialist contexts shaped by the trajectories of historical socialism. It affirms the need to move beyond simplistic accounts of historical socialism and post-..

Originally published in 1970, this volume provides a survey of the wide field of the development of education since 1800...