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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450809203321

Autore

Aldrich Richard

Titolo

Public or Private Education? : Lessons from History

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : RoutledgeFalmer, 2002

ISBN

1-135-78374-8

1-280-04569-8

0-203-49814-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Woburn education series, , 1462-2076

Disciplina

371.02

Soggetti

Private schools - History

Privatization in education - History

Education - Social aspects

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; Public or Private Education?: Lessons from History; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; 1. Gender and The Private/Public Debate On Education In The Long Eighteenth Century; 2. Changing The Boundaries: The Voluntary System, Private Popular Education and The Battle for Useful Knowledge, C.1830s-c. 1860s  ...; 3. From incorporation to privatisation: public and private secondary education in twentiethcentury England  ...; Part 2

4. Round and Round The Mulberry Bush: The Balance of Public And Private In Early Education and Childcare In The Twentieth Century  ...5. Birds, Bees and General Embarrassment: Sex Education In Britain, From Social Purity To Section 28; 6. Domestic Science: The Education of Girls At Home; 7. Family History and The History of The Family; Part 3; 8. Changing Conceptions of Public and Private In American Educational History; 9. Public Commitment and Private Choice In Australian Secondary Education; 10. Public, Private and Globalised International Education; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education, Richard Aldrich, examines, past, present and future relationships between the private and public dimensions of knowledge



and education.