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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450572603321

Autore

McCulloch Gary

Titolo

Cyril Norwood and the ideal of secondary education [[electronic resource] /] / Gary McCulloch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007

ISBN

1-281-36280-8

9786611362805

0-230-60352-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Secondary Education in a Changing World

Disciplina

373.41

Soggetti

Education, Secondary - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Cyril Norwood and Secondary Education; Chapter 2 Middle Class Education and the State; Chapter 3 The Education of Cyril Norwood; Chapter 4 The Higher Education of Boys in England; Chapter 5 Holding the Line?; Chapter 6 Marlborough and Harrow; Chapter 7 The English Tradition of Education; Chapter 8 The New World of Education; Chapter 9 The Norwood Report and Secondary Education; Chapter 10 Conclusions: The Ideal of Secondary Education; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the life of Sir Cyril Norwood, one of England's most prominent and influential educators, this book investigates the historical development of secondary education in England and Wales during the early Twentieth century.