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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961591203321

Autore

McCulloch Gary

Titolo

Cyril Norwood and the Ideal of Secondary Education / / by G. McCulloch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611362805

9781281362803

1281362808

9780230603523

0230603521

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 197 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Secondary Education in a Changing World, , 2945-6347

Disciplina

373.41

Soggetti

Educational sociology

Conservation biology

Ecology

Great Britain - History

Education - History

Education

Sociology of Education

Conservation Biology

History of Britain and Ireland

History of Education

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.