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1. Education, Work and Leisure (Routledge Revivals)

   By Harold Entwistle

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1970, this book considers the alleged distinction between ‘education for life’ and ‘education for work’ and exposes the fallacies on which this and other similar distinctions are based. It shows that ideas on this subject are inextricably intertwined with wider views on the...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Child-Centred Education

   By Harold Entwistle

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   This volume is a critical study of one of today’s most controversial topics in educational theory, setting the many arguments in perspective and clarifying the issues that arise when attention is focused on the learner. The author examines the problems of individual education, the distinctive...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
3. Political Education in a Democracy

   By Harold Entwistle

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   In this volume the author analyzes the relationships of concepts such as socialization and political education, explains those aspects of the theory and practice of democracy that are especially relevant for schools, and suggests ways in which teachers can better provide for the political education...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
4. Class, Culture and Education (RLE Edu L)

   By Harold Entwistle

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education

   This book examines the concepts of equality, class, culture, work and leisure and explores their interrelationship through the discussion of some current problems, especially the problems posed for schools for the ‘culturally deprived.’ The debate about differential provision of schooling for...

   Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
5. Antonio Gramsci (Routledge Revivals)

   Conservative Schooling for Radical Politics

   By Harold Entwistle

   Antonio Gramsci is one of the few Marxist theoreticians to have considered the role and nature of education, yet paradoxically his revolutionary, political and social theory seems at odds with his conservative approach to the content and processes of schooling. This book, originally published...

   Published November 11th 2009 by Routledge