Going Comprehensive in England and Wales

A Study of Uneven Change
Herausgeber: Crook, David; Kerckhoff, Alan C; Fogelman, Ken

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780713040265
• ISBN-10: 0713040262
• Artikelnr.: 26678003

Autorenporträt

David Crook, Len Fogel man, Alan C. Kerckhoff, David Reeder

Inhaltsangabe

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