Education in Britain : 1944 to the Present

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Cover

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

What Does the Title Mean?

Organization

1 Post-War Settlements

Universities and Colleges

Reshaping Schooling

Secondary Education for All

Tensions

Discontents

Scotland

Conservatism and Tradition

Conclusion

2 The Golden Age?

Class, Race, Generation

Wales and Northern Ireland

Becoming Modern? Post-School Education

Conservatism, Expansion and Selection

Change

Matters Unresolved

3 Expansion, Experiment, Conflict

Labour's Turn

Reform before the Ruskin Speech. Conclusion

6 Crisis and Opportunity

Austerity across Britain

Conclusion

References

Index

End User License Agreement. Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Secondary School

Primary Education

Radical Shifts: The Student Movement

Perspectives on Schooling

The Reforming Momentum Slows

Conservatism Reborn

4 The Watershed: Conservatism and Educational Change

Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Uncertainties

Modernization

Marketization Plus

Tradition

Stages of Conservative Policy

5 New Labour: The Inheritors

Knowledge and Globalization

Devolution (1): First Steps

Devolution (2): The Later Years

New Labour and History

Structures, Agents, Themes

Higher Education