Education and the Social Order : 1940-1990 /

An examination of the changes and developments in the British education system from World War II to 1999. The text includes coverage of R.A. Butler's 1944 Education Act, the battle between the educational conservatives and the progressives in the 1960s and Kenneth Baker's 1988 Education Ac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Simon, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Education and state > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Education > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Educational sociology > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Education > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Second World War and education
  • The Labour government in control, 1945-51
  • The Tory government and education, 1951-56
  • Background to break-out, 1956-60
  • The break-out in higher education
  • The break-out in secondary education : the comprehensive school
  • Primary education in the 1960s
  • The end of the decade : new polarities
  • Downhill all the way : the 1970s
  • The Thatcher governments, 1979-86
  • Kenneth Baker and the 1988 Education Act.

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