Education - Examining the Evidence

This volume contains both text and contemporary document which together look at the history of education from the French Revolution to the late twentieth century. The connection between text and documents is closely preserved so that the volume both explains and illustrates the important issues and problems and at the same time poses questions for students to consider or follow up.

List of contents

1.The Opening of a New Era. 2. The Need for Universal Education. 3. Training the Teachers. 4. Self-help. 5. Secondary Education for the Few. 6. The Development of the Universities. 7. The Period of the Commissions. 8. The Demand for Technical and Scientific Education. 9. Education for All. 10. New Foundations. Index.

About the author

Evelyn Cowie

Summary

This volume contains both text and contemporary document which together look at the history of education from the French Revolution to the late twentieth century. The connection between text and documents is closely preserved so that the volume both explains and illustrates the important issues and problems and at the same time poses questions for students to consider or follow up.

Product details

• Authors: Evelyn Cowie, Evelyn E Cowie, Evelyn E. Cowie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2014
• EAN: 9781138006430
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00643-0
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education; Routledge Library Editions: Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; EDUCATION / General, REFERENCE / General, EDUCATION / History, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education