David Brockington, Roger White

Tales Out of School

Consumers' Views of British Education

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1983, reissued here with a new preface, Tales Out of School presents the experience of seventy young people from different parts of the country, most of whom left school at sixteen and are now either in work, unemployed or in the twilight world of the Youth Opportunities Programme.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032901312
• ISBN-10: 1032901314
• Artikelnr.: 71267492

Autorenporträt

Roger White with David Brockington

Inhaltsangabe

New Preface for the Reissue. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Part One:
Young People's Comments Introduction. 1. Primary School and Transition to
Secondary 2. Secondary School 3. Curriculum Issues 4. Teachers 5. Schooled
to Work 6. The Search for Work 7. The Government Training Schemes Part Two:
Adult Responses Introduction. Responses to Chapter 1 Neville Bennett,
Professor of Educational Research at Lancaster University. Responses to
Chapter 2 David Hargreaves, Reader in Education at Oxford University.
Responses to Chapter 3 John Mann, Secretary of the Schools Council.
Responses to Chapter 4 John Eggleston, Professor of Education at Keele
University. Responses to Chapter 5 Andrew Bird, Senior Careers Officer.
Responses to Chapter 6 Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead. Responses to Chapter
7 Colin Ball, Co-director of the Centre for Employment Initiatives. Some
Conclusions. Appendixes.