03005nam 2200661Ia 450 991082430140332120200520144314.01-136-46194-91-280-67592-697866136528500-203-12733-11-136-46195-710.4324/9780203127339 (CKB)2550000000101437(EBL)958744(OCoLC)798530415(SSID)ssj0000678191(PQKBManifestationID)11414867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678191(PQKBWorkID)10696960(PQKB)10275543(MiAaPQ)EBC958744(Au-PeEL)EBL958744(CaPaEBR)ebr10563640(CaONFJC)MIL365285(OCoLC)797836623(EXLCZ)99255000000010143719860918d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife in public schools /Geoffrey Walford1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon Routledge20121 online resource (281 p.)Routledge library editions: education ;204First published in 1986 by Methuen.0-415-75304-X 0-415-50601-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.LIFE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; Copyright; LIFE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Public schools and independent schools; 2 Everyday life in public schools; 3 Home from home - the boys; 4 Goodbye, Mr Chips - the schoolmasters; 5 The medieval baron in his castle - the public school housemaster; 6 Girls in a male world; 7 Women in a male world; 8 Examinations and the formal curriculum; 9 A revolution in chains; 10 Life in public schools?; Bibliography; Name index; Subject indexBritain's public (that is, its major independent) schools have a conspicuous role in the country's social system, and as a result are the subject of a long-standing political debate. The discussion is generally founded on a stereotyped image of what these school may have been like in the 1950s - this books shows how they were in the late 1980s. It is based on fieldwork in two major public boarding schools which the author conducted over an extended period, and draws on interviews, observation and documentary sources to establish a picture of what public school life is actually like for pupiRoutledge library editions.Education.Endowed public schools (Great Britain)Private schoolsGreat BritainEndowed public schools (Great Britain)Private schools371.020941Walford Geoffrey911995MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824301403321Life in public schools3944067UNINA