| Description |
viii, 115 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Readings for general studies
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Readings for general studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The structure and purpose of state education. Background ; H.A.L. Fisher introducing the 1918 Education Act ; The education of the adolescent ; The three types of child ; Educational reconstruction ; The organization of secondary education -- Expenditure on education -- Educational opportunity. Family-social class. School class and social class ; Chances of admission to grammar school ; Success at grammar school ; Numbers available for higher education ; Family-parental motivation. Level of interest ; Limitations on interest ; Effect on early leaving ; Family-size. Linguistic development. Use of language ; Environment. Schools in the slums ; Living conditions and educational achievement ; Structure of the educational system. The stages of primary education ; Regional inequalities in selection ; Streaming -- The schools. The primary schools. Achievement in the primary school ; Difficulties of a slum primary school ; The grammar school. The case for the grammar school ; Grammar school values ; The secondary modern school. Tribute to the secondary modern school ; Shortcomings in the secondary modern school ; The comprehensive school. The case for the comprehensive school. Inside the schools -- New directions. The streamed and unstreamed school ; The middle school ; The leicestershire plan ; A school of the future. |
| Subject |
Education and state -- Great Britain.
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Education and state. |
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Great Britain. |
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Educational sociology -- Great Britain.
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Educational sociology. |
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Education -- Great Britain -- 1965-
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Education. |
| Chronological Term |
1965- |
| Added Author |
Haikin, Patricia.
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| ISBN |
019913006X: £0.40 |
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