Secondary Education and the Raising of the School-Leaving Age
Secondary Education and the Raising of the School-Leaving Age

Author: T. Woodin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-10-09

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1137065214

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The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions for our understanding of childhood and youth, for secondary education, and for social and educational inequality. This book assesses secondary education and the raising of the school-leaving age in the UK and places issues and debates in an international context.

The Extra Year
The Extra Year

Author: J.W. Tibble

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-07-31

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1040050662

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First Published in 1970, The Extra Year discusses the raising of the school leaving age, a crucial event in British education. It is also highly controversial: its repercussions affected teachers, educationists, parents and employers as well as pupils themselves. Each of the contributors to this book examines one aspect of its implications. After a general introduction by Professor Tibble, Malcolm Seaborn looks at the historical background of the decision to raise the school leaving age and Professor Eggleston considers some of its sociological aspects. Professor Tibble then examines the ways in which the situation will affect pupils and their teachers, John Sheehan discusses some economic factors and Tyrrell Burgess looks at the implications for further education. The headmaster’s point of view is given by Albert Rowe and probable changes in the school curriculum are analyzed by Dennis Lawton. A final chapter by Professor McAulay discusses American experience. This is an important historical reference work for students and scholars of education.

The First Teenagers
The First Teenagers

Author: David Fowler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1136896864

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Changing Urban School
The Changing Urban School

Author: Robert Thornbury

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0415675693

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The author takes a long look at what goes on in schools, and the roles played by people specifically concerned with them: but finally the problems of the school are seen as indissolubly bound up with the changes that have overtaken urban life. The school cannot be isolated, teachers, administrators, planners and parents must actively co-operate in making the school work in society and a society which works for the school. Nothing other than such a total vision, he concludes, will enable us to achieve normal educational goals. Robert Thornbury writes out of fifteen years experience of the urban school and of the problems not only of Britain but also those sometime similar, often more acute, of other countries, in particular the United States and Australia. The need for a total urban strategy is worldwide. His point of view is broad-based but his sympathies lie most of all with the hard-working teacher who stayed on in the urban classroom. It is a book for teachers therefore, but also, by its own argument, for all concerned with the future of the inner-city and the reordering of education.

The Growth of Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom from 1870 to 2005
The Growth of Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom from 1870 to 2005

Author: Clive Lee

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-12-13

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0230367313

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Public expenditure has increased considerably in the UK from around ten per cent of GDP in the 1870s to forty per cent and above in the 21st century. Clive Lee explores the fluctuations in state spending, highlighting the ongoing political conflict over the size and extent of welfare provision.

Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s
Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s

Author: Michael Sanderson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-04-22

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780521588423

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Since the 1870s the British economy has steadily declined from its position as the 'workshop of the world' to that of a low-ranking European power. Michael Sanderson examines the question of how far defects in education and training have contributed to this economic decline. By looking at issues such as literacy, the quality of scientific and technical training, the supposed anti-industrial bias of public schools and the older universities, the neglect of vocational and technical training and the neglect of the non-academic teenager, Michael Sanderson demonstrates that education was far from the sole cause of economic decline, but that its deficiencies have certainly played a part. This book offers an accessible and concise analysis of a topic of current importance, interest and debate and will be of interest to students and teachers of the history of education and its impact on British economic development in the twentieth century.