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The missing stratum : technical school education in England, 1900-1990s

Title: The missing stratum : technical school education in England, 1900-1990s / Michael Sanderson.
Author: Sanderson, Michael.
Publication: London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone Press, 1994.

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Description

ix, 235 pages; 23 cm

Summary

In 1990 the Financial Times noted that "the absence of a tier of technical schools is the single biggest failure of British post-war educational policy". Starting with the creation of early technical schools before the First World War and finishing with John Patten's new policies in 1993 this book examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which have weakened it and led to its demise. It argues that the neglect of technical schools has resulted in the poor levels of British skill formation and industrial performance especially since World War II. The book contributes powerfully to the "decline of the British economy" debate and will thus be of considerable interest both to economic and educational historians.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-222) and index.

Contents

1. An Edwardian Problem -- 2. A Solution: The Junior Technical School, 1905-1918 -- 3. The Problems of the Junior Technical Schools, 1918-1939 -- 4. The Junior Technical Schools and Industry, 1918-1939 -- 5. The Junior Technical Schools and the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- 6. Policy and the Technical School from Spens to the Butler Act -- 7. Change and Decay, 1945-1960s -- 8. Why This Matters.

ISBN

0485114429
9780485114423

LCCN

93039429

OCLC

ocm29311793
29311793
SCSB-2015952

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library