Going Comprehensive in England and Wales
A Study of Uneven Change
Published on 25. September 2017
296 pages
978-1-351-56523-3 (ISBN)
Description
The transition of British secondary schools from predominantly selective to predominantly comprehensive was meant to transform a highly stratified system into a more equal one. However, this study shows that the new system was in fact highly diverse and retained features of the selective system.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,60 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-56523-3 (9781351565233)
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David Crook | Ken Fogelman | Alan C. Kerckhoff
Going Comprehensive in England and Wales
A Study of Uneven Change
Book
11/1996
Routledge Falmer
€37.20
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David Crook | Ken Fogelman | Alan C. Kerckhoff
Going Comprehensive in England and Wales
A Study of Uneven Change
Book
11/1996
Routledge Falmer
€130.20
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Persons
David Crook, Len Fogel man, Alan C. Kerckhoff, David Reeder
Content
Times Education Supplement- "This is an intriguing, highly informative book....Detailed case studies of how 10 Local Authorities "broke out" from selection make the book especially valuable. The cases are well chosen."
British Journal of Educational Studies-"This well-produced and richly-documented work is the outcome of a research project entitiled "When a Society Changes its School System: the Introduction of Comprehensive Schools in Great Britain."
History of Education Review -" This book has a number of strengths. It provides readers with some interesting and new sources of data, explores the machinations of LEAs, re-examines the nature and function of comprehensive seconday schools, and draws implications for current policy directions...In all, the book will prove a valuable read for those interested in the past and future of comprehensive schooling
British Journal of Educational Studies-"This well-produced and richly-documented work is the outcome of a research project entitiled "When a Society Changes its School System: the Introduction of Comprehensive Schools in Great Britain."
History of Education Review -" This book has a number of strengths. It provides readers with some interesting and new sources of data, explores the machinations of LEAs, re-examines the nature and function of comprehensive seconday schools, and draws implications for current policy directions...In all, the book will prove a valuable read for those interested in the past and future of comprehensive schooling
