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31. Mediaeval Education and the Reformation

    By John Lawson

    Originally published in 1967, this volume provides an account of the early development of English education. The schools and universities of the mediaeval period arose to meet the social needs of that time. The book charts developments up to the sixteenth century when the Reformation brought...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
32. Popular Education and Socialization in the Nineteenth Century

    Edited by W P McCann

    Originally published in 1977, this volume analyzes aspects of elementary schooling in the nineteenth century and the ways in which it prepared working-class children for life in industrial Britain. The book examines: The procedures and practices of different types of schools. The ideologies...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
33. Objectives and Perspectives in Education

    Studies in Educational Theory 1955-1970

    By Ben Morris

    Originally published in 1972, the emphasis of this book is on psychological and cultural understanding of education, in terms of persons and relationships, rather than processes. The book: Deals with issues of continuing relevance for educational thought and practice, such as the education and...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
34. Offspring of the Vic

    A History of Morley College

    By Denis Richards

    Originally published in 1958.The history of Morley College provides an illuminating case-history of the growth and spread of adult education in the second half of the nineteenth and early years of the twentieth centuries. Morley College is unique in that it was one of the first of such...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
35. Education in Renaissance England

    Covering both formal and informal education, this volume examines Renaissance education in England and Italy, set within the relevant social, political and historical context....

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
36. Learning and Living 1790-1960

    A Study in the History of the English Adult Education Movement

    By J F C Harrison

    Originally published in 1961, the book charts the dynamics of successive phases of the adult education movement and shows the social origin and development of the ideas and attitudes of those involved with it....

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
37. The Education of the People

    A History of Primary Education in England and Wales in the Nineteenth Century

    By Mary Sturt

    Originally published in 1967.This book illustrates how, during the nineteenth century, the idea grew up that the provision of universal education was one of the functions of the state....

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
38. The Evolution of the Nursery-Infant School

    A History of Infant Education in Britiain, 1800-1970

    By Nanette Whitbread

    Originally published in 1972.This book considers the actual development of infant schools and education in Britain against the background of industrialization and social change, making clear how this development was influenced by the ideas of particular theorists from both the Continent and England....

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
39. The Evolution of the Comprehensive School

    1926-1972

    By David Rubinstein, Brian Simon

    Originally published 1969. This reprints the second edition of 1973, with updated reading list and bibliography.This volume sets the movement towards comprehensive education against its historical background and discuss the main reasons for the decision to establish a national comprehensive system....

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
40. The Concept of Popular Education

    By Harold Silver

    Originally published 1965. This reprints the 1977 edition which included a new introduction. From the starting point of "popular" charity education, the book traces the dynamic of ideological and social change from the 1790s to the 1830s in terms of attitudes to education and analyzes the range of...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge