Research Catalog

Title

The state and educational change : essays in the history of education and pedagogy / Brian Simon.

Author

Simon, Brian.

Publication

London : Lawrence & Wishart, 1994.

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Details

Description

xiv, 199 pages; 22 cm

Summary

This volume examines the role of the state in education. The opening essay, "Why should we teach the history of education?", sets out to make a renewed case for the study of the history of education by all those involved in the educational process, especially policy-makers.

Subject

• 1800-1899
• Education and state > Great Britain > History
• Education and state > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Higher education and state > Great Britain > History
• Educational change > Great Britain > History
• Education > Social aspects > History. > Great Britain
• Education and state
• Education > Social aspects
• Educational change
• Higher education and state
• Bildungspolitik
• Bildungswesen
• Geschichte
• Pädagogik
• Staat
• Onderwijsbeleid
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The History of Education: Its Importance for Understanding -- 2. The State and Educational Change, 1850-1870 -- 3. Cushioning Reform: the Role of Executive Commissioners in the Re-structuring of Education in the Mid-Nineteenth Century -- 4. Charity and the 'Public' Schools -- 5. Education and Citizenship in England -- 6. The Universities and Social Change -- 7. The Student Movement in England and Wales During the 1930s -- 8. The Study of Education as a University Subject in Britain -- 9. Some Problems of Pedagogy, Revisited -- 10. The Politics of Comprehensive Education: a Retrospective Analysis -- 11. The Politicisation of Education: Implications for Teachers.

ISBN

• 0853158061
• 9780853158066

LCCN

97187000

OCLC

• ocm31646667
• 31646667
• SCSB-8896903

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library