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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452071203321

Autore

Lowe Roy.

Titolo

Education in the post-war years : a social history / / Roy Lowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-66033-3

9786613637260

1-136-59009-9

0-203-18117-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions: education ; ; 103

Disciplina

370.941

370.94209045

370/.941

Soggetti

Education - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1988 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

EDUCATION IN THE POST-WAR YEARS A Social History; Copyright; EDUCATION IN THE POST-WAR YEARS: A Social History; Original Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE IMPLEMENTING THE ACT, 1945-1951; 1. Reconstruction and Austerity: The Social Background; 2. Primary Concern: Educating the Under Twelves; 3. Parity of Esteem: The Coming of Universal Secondary Schooling; 4. The New Scientism and Higher Education; PART TWO EDUCATION FOR AN AFFLUENT SOCIETY, 1951-1964; 5. The Coming of Affluence, 1951-64; 6. Schooling Under Stress, 1951-64

7. Comprehensive Schooling: A Revolution Postponed8. Higher Education, 1951-64; 9. Examinations, 1945-64; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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