Society, schools and progress in England

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Society, Schools and Progress in England examines the role of education in society and its contribution to progress. This text presents a descriptive analysis of changing purposes in English education, highlighting the plans and crises as well as the constant efforts in the past hundred years to fit education and meet the needs of an evolving industrial society. This book is comprised of eight chapters and begins by providing the historical and institutional background, followed by a discussion…

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Title Statements

Full title :Society, schools and progress in England / by B. Baron.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1965
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pergamon Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1965

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781483148649, 1483148645
oclc:ocn900884755
LC Classification:LA632
Dewey Decimal:370.942

Front Cover; Society, Schools and Progress in England; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; THE MAKING OF THE FUTURE; THE TRANSFORMATION OF EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE EDUCATION IN GENERAL; THE PURPOSE OF THIS SERIES; THE PARTICULAR CASE OF ENGLAND; AUTHOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS; CHAPTER 2. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FOREGROUND; POPULATION; INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE; WEALTH AND ITS DISTRIBUTION; THE OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SERVICES; MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY; RELIGION, MORALS AND DELINQUENCY; LEISURE TIME AND CULTURAL INTERESTS

BRITAIN AND THE WORLDCHAPTER 3. EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT; EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ACTION; COMMISSIONS AND ACTS; LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES AND OTHER PROVIDING BODIES; NON-STATUTORY AGENCIES; PRESSURE GROUPS; CONSULTATION, DISCUSSION AND ADVICE; RESEARCH; FINANCE; POLITICAL PARTIES AND EDUCATION; PARENTS AND PUPILS; BRITISH EDUCATION AND OTHER COUNTRIES; CHAPTER 4. THE CHANGING SCHOOLS; THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN; SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR ALL; THE STRUCTURE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION TODAY; SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS; THE WORK OF THE SCHOOLS; THE WIDER AIMS OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ENGLAND

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