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This book presents a clear overview of the debates that surrounded the making of the 1944 Act, which affected every aspect of education in this country. It gives a detailed account of the tripartite divisions into 'three types of child' that were sanctioned in the reforms of the 1940s. At the same time, it also emphasises the idea of education as a civic project which underlay the reforms and which was such an important part of their lasting authority. The education policies of the past decade and the current attempts to shape a new education settlement need to be interpreted in a long

The study of curriculum history in Britain has been strongly influenced by the major educational reforms that have been carried through by the Conservative government, especially under the Education Reform Act of 1988. These reforms have helped to direct attention towards issues of curriculum control and the role of school teachers in the curriculum domain. They have also served to highlight the close connection between the school curriculum and wider social differences and inequalities. The present paper will inspect particular aspects of these current research trends and issues in the study of curriculum history in Britain, following a discussion of some of the problems and developments in the field over the past decade.

This is a most impressive study of the historical, social, political, and economic issues related to vocational schooling. While its title may perhaps suggest a book of mainly local interest, it provides in fact a sustained analysis and critique of vocational schooling that should be studied with close attention much further afield. ; N/A

"A Social History of Educational Studies and Research examines the development of the study of education in the UK in its broader educational, social and political context since its early beginnings in the first part of the twentieth century. By providing a historical analysis of the contested growth of the field this book examines the significant contribution that has been made by institutions of higher education, journals, text books, conferences, centres, and academic societies. It discusses the problems and opportunities of the field, and its prospects for survival and adaptation to current changes in the decades ahead. The work draws on documentary sources, social network analysis, and interviews with leading figures from across the field. This book highlights international influences on the development of educational studies and research in the UK, its role in the growing internationalisation of the field as a whole, and also comparisons and contrasts with the nature of the field elsewhere. It relates the development to the wider social, political and economic changes affecting higher education in general and educational studies and research in particular. It addresses the historical development of disciplines in higher education institutions and the nature, extent and limitations of interdisciplinarity. A Social History of Educational Studies and Research discuss the problems and opportunities facing the study of education today, and its prospects of adapting to changes in the decades ahead. It is a distinctive and original analysis of educational studies and research that provides the first comprehensive study of its type."--Provided by publisher.