Suchergebnisse

This study of the education system of the United Kingdom is part of the handbook "The education systems of Europe" which presents an analytical description of the education systems of all European countries, following common guidelines. The authors first concentrate on the development of the national system of education after 1944, including recent and current themes (1980s until today), the changing education governance, political and constitutional modernization and aspects of schooling in the post-1997 era. They continue with the development (expansion, differentiation, modernization) in further and higher education and close with thoughts on globalization, Europe and education in the UK. A diagram illustrating the structural scheme of the English educational system is part of this article. (DIPF/Orig./Kie.).