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Education in Britain : 1944 to the present

Ken Jones (Author)
Ken Jones describes and explains the patterning of change and continuity in British education. He accounts for the persistence of controversies that have accompanied the change by combining economic, political, cultural and social approaches to the study of education
Print Book, English, 2016
Second edition View all formats and editions
Polity Press, Cambridge, 2016
252 pages ; 24 cm
9780745663210, 9780745663227, 0745663214, 0745663222
924683178
Introduction
Post-war settlements
The golden age?
Expansion, experiment, conflict
The watershed: conservatism and educational change
New labour: the inheritors
Crisis and opportunity
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 Post-War Settlements 2 The Golden Age? 3 Expansion, Experiment, Conflict 4 The Watershed: Conservatism and Educational Change 5 New Labour: The Inheritors 6 Crisis and Opportunity References