Social Change In The History Of British Education

Author : Joyce Goodman,Gary McCulloch,WILLIAM RICHARDSON
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317991472

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Social Change in the History of British Education by Joyce Goodman,Gary McCulloch,WILLIAM RICHARDSON Pdf

This work provides an overall review and analysis of the history of education and of its key research priorities in the British context. It investigates the extent to which education has contributed historically to social change in Britain, how it has itself been moulded by society, and the needs and opportunities that remain for further research in this general area. Contributors review the strengths and limitations of the historical literature on social change in British education over the past forty years, ascertain what this literature tells us about the relationship between education and social change, and map areas and themes for future historical research. They consider both formal and informal education, different levels and stages of the education system, the process and experience of education, and regional and national perspectives. They also engage with broader discussions about theory and methodology. The collection covers a large amount of historical territory, from the sixteenth century to the present, including the emergence of the learned professions, the relationship between society and the economy, the role of higher technological education, the historical experiences of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the social significance of teaching and learning, and the importance of social class, gender, ethnicity, and disability. It involves personal biography no less than broad national and international movements in its considerations. This book will be a major contribution to research as well as a general resource in the history and historiography of education in Britain.

Author : Neil J. Smelser
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520911543

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Social Paralysis and Social Change by Neil J. Smelser Pdf

Neil Smelser's Social Paralysis and Social Change is one of the most comprehensive histories of mass education ever written. It tells the story of how working-class education in nineteenth-century Britain—often paralyzed by class, religious, and economic conflict—struggled forward toward change. This book is ambitious in scope. It is both a detailed history of educational development and a theoretical study of social change, at once a case study of Britain and a comparative study of variations within Britain. Smelser simultaneously meets the scholarly standards of historians and critically addresses accepted theories of educational change—"progress," conflict, and functional theories. He also sheds new light on the process of secularization, the relations between industrialization and education, structural differentiation, and the role of the state in social change. This work marks a return for the author to the same historical arena—Victorian Britain—that inspired his classic work Social Change in the Industrial Revolution thirty-five years ago. Smelser's research has again been exhaustive. He has achieved a remarkable synthesis of the huge body of available materials, both primary and secondary. Smelser's latest book will be most controversial in its treatment of class as a primordial social grouping, beyond its economic significance. Indeed, his demonstration that class, ethnic, and religious groupings were decisive in determining the course of British working-class education has broad-ranging implications. These groupings remain at the heart of educational conflict, debate, and change in most societies—including our own—and prompt us to pose again and again the chronic question: who controls the educational terrain?

Author : John Lawson,Harold Silver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134531950

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A Social History of Education in England by John Lawson,Harold Silver Pdf

Originally published in 1973,this book describes the medieval origins of the British education system, and the transformations successive historical events – such as the Reformation, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution – have wrought on it. It examines the effect on the educational pattern of such major cultural upheavals as the Renaissance; it looks at the different parts played by church and state, and the influence of new social and educational philosophies.

Author : Roy Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351169547

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Schooling and Social Change Since 1760 by Roy Lowe Pdf

Schooling and Social Change in England since 1760 offers a powerful critique of the situation of British education today and shows the historical processes that have helped generate the crisis confronting policymakers and practitioners at the present time. The book identifies the key phases of economic and social change since 1760 and shows how the education system has played a central role in embedding, sustaining and deepening social distinctions in Britain. Covering the whole period since the first industrialization, it gives a detailed account of the development of a deeply divided education system that leads to quite separate lifestyles for those from differing backgrounds. The book develops arguments of inequalities through a much-needed account of the changes in education. This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and post-graduate students in the field of history of education and education politics. It will also appeal to administrators, teachers and policy makers, especially those interested in the historical development of schooling.

Author : Roy Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134706051

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Schooling and Social Change 1964-1990 by Roy Lowe Pdf

This is the first book to offer an overview of the ways in which the sweeping social and economic changes of the modern period have impacted on the education system. Roy Lowe draws on estensive research to paint a vivid picture of the ways in which schools and universities were moulded by external events and of the part they played in promoting modernisation of society. The book explores some key themes: * the nature of the economic transformations taking place; * the growing awareness of gender issues; * the changing ethnic composition of modern Britain; * the bureaucratisation of society and the rise of a new politics. Exploring the links between these issues and educational provision, Lowe argues that the growing political significance of educational issues is largely explained by the critical part played by the education system in providing social and economic stability during these years of swift social change. Roy Lowe is Professor of Education at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Author : John L. Rury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415995443

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Education and Social Change by John L. Rury Pdf

Focuses on the relationship between education and social change. This work considers the impact of social forces such as industrialization, urbanization, immigration and cultural conflict on the development of schools and other educational institutions.

Author : Brian Simon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111762329

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Education and the Social Order, 1940-1990 by Brian Simon Pdf

The fourth and final in the "Studies in History of Education in England" this volume examines the changes and developments in the British education system from the Second World War to the eve of the millennium. Education has always been a battlefield and never more so than in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Simon argues that educational policy usually reflects the outcome of a struggle between progressives who see reform as a first step towards social change, and conservatives who prefer a stratified system which reflects existing social divisions. It documents the changes that took place as the result of these battles: it begins with the 1944 Education Act and the massive extension of educational opportunity that took place in the postwar period; it then deals with the subsequent prolonged debates about comprehensive education, and other measures of liberalisation during the 1960s and 1970s; and it ends with the years of Conservative government, the 1980s and 1990s, when systematic attempts were made to reverse the advances that had been made during the earlier period. Winner of the History of Education Society Prize 1991-92 Winner of the Standing Conference for Studies in Education Prize 1991-92

Author : Michael Savage,Mike Savage
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199587650

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Identities and Social Change in Britain Since 1940 by Michael Savage,Mike Savage Pdf

Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940 examines how, between 1940 and 1970 British society was marked by the imprint of the academic social sciences in profound ways which have an enduring legacy on how we see ourselves. It focuses on how interview methods and sample surveys eclipsed literature and the community study as a means of understanding ordinary life. The book shows that these methods were part of a wider remaking of British national identity in theaftermath of decolonisation in which measures of the rational, managed nation eclipsed literary and romantic ones. It also links the emergence of social science methods to the strengthening of technocratic and scientific identities amongst the educated middle classes, and to the rise in masculine authoritywhich challenged feminine expertise.This book is the first to draw extensively on archived qualitative social science data from the 1930s to the 1960s, which it uses to offer a unique, personal and challenging account of post war social change in Britain. It also uses this data to conduct a new kind of historical sociology of the social sciences, one that emphasises the discontinuities in knowledge forms and which stresses how disciplines and institutions competed with each other for reputation. Its emphasis on how socialscientific forms of knowing eclipsed those from the arts and humanities during this period offers a radical re-thinking of the role of expertise today which will provoke social scientists, scholars in the humanities, and the general reader alike.

Author : Roy Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415689229

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Education in the Post-War Years by Roy Lowe Pdf

This book provides an overview of the relationship between the sweeping social changes of the post-war period and education in England. It outlines the major demographic cultural and socio-economic developments which made new demands of the education service during the twenty years following the War and analyses the responses made by schools, colleges and universities. The book provides not only an informed narrative of the development of formal education, but also an authoritative account of the ways in which suburbanisation and the growth of the new property-owning middle class determined both the rhetoric of education and the structure of the system which emerged through the implementation of the 1944 Education Act.

Author : James Arthur,Andrew Peterson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136625466

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The Routledge Companion to Education by James Arthur,Andrew Peterson Pdf

Who are the key thinkers in education? What are the hot topics in education? Where will education go from here? The Routledge Companion to Education presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide available to the key theories, themes and topics in education. Forty specially commissioned chapters, covering all aspects of education, introduce you to the ideas, research and issues that have shaped this most diverse, dynamic and fluid field. Part one provides an introduction to the key theories, thinkers and disciplines within education Part two covers ideas and issues about how, what and why learning takes place Part three includes analysis on particular approaches to education and explores the issues that attract much contemporary interest. Written by an international team of expert contributors, the chapters all include a descriptive introduction, an analysis of the key ideas and debates, an overview of the latest research, key questions for research and carefully selected further reading. The Routledge Companion to Education is a succinct, detailed, authoritative overview of the topics which are at the forefront of educational research and discourse today. This classic collection is a bookshelf essential for every student and scholar serious about the study of education.

Author : Gary McCulloch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136811241

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The Struggle for the History of Education by Gary McCulloch Pdf

In The Struggle for History Education, Gary McCulloch sets out a vision for a future of study in the history of education which contributes to education, history and social sciences alike.

Author : Aly Fouad Salahuddin Ahmad
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Bengal (India)
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Social Ideas and Social Change in Bengal 1818-1835 by Aly Fouad Salahuddin Ahmad Pdf

Author : Margaret Scotford Archer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415639033

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Social Origins of Educational Systems by Margaret Scotford Archer Pdf

First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social structures. Professor Archer goes on to provide a theoretical framework which accounts for the major characteristics of national education and the principal changes that such systems have undergone. Now with a new introduction, Social Origins of Educational Systems is vital reading for all those interested in the sociology of education. Previously published reviews: 'A large-scale masterly study, this book is the most important contribution to the sociology of education since the second world war as well as being a substantial contribution to the consolidation of sociology itself.' - The Economist 'I cannot improve on her own statement of what she is trying to do: 'The sociological contribution consists in providing a theoretical account of macroscopic patterns of change in terms of the structural and cultural factors which produce and sustain them'...Unquestionably, this book is an impressive work of scholarship, well planned conceptually and uniting its theoretical base with a set of four thoroughly and interestingly researched case-studies of the history of the educational systems of Denmark, England, France and Russia.' - British Journal of the Sociology of Education 'This magnificent treatise seriously explores many of the most recalcitrant questions about institutional systems.' - Journal of Curriculum Studies 'A gargantuan and impressive socio-historical enterprise.' - Encounter '...a major achievement.' - New Society

Author : Shreedhar Narayan Pandey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8120824644

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Education and social changes in Bihar, 1900-1921 by Shreedhar Narayan Pandey Pdf

understanding Mantras explores the origin, nature, function, and significance of mantras within the bounds of the hindu tradition. It analyses the use of mantras in the Vedic age in the gtreat theistic movements of Saivism and Vaisnavism, and in Tantra. A brief introduction by Alper outlines the major controversies in Western scholarship concerning the nature of mantras and gives an insightful and suggestive paradigm for resolving the issues. It approaches a bibliography on all of Hinduism and will serve as an invaluable tool for future research.

Author : Geoffrey Sherington
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Education
ISBN : 0719008409

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English Education, Social Change, and War, 1911-20 by Geoffrey Sherington Pdf