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Education : a very short introduction / Gary Thomas.
LIBRA LB14.7 .T46 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Gary, 1950-
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 347.
- Very short introductions ; 347
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 137 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- From the schools of ancient times to the present day, Gary Thomas looks at how and why education evolved as it has. By exploring some of the big questions, he examines the ways in which schools work, considers the differences around the world, and concludes by considering the future of education worldwide.
- Contents:
- Preface ; 1. Beginnings ; 2. Oil and water: the formal and the progressive ; 3. The traditions unfold: ideas into practice ; 4. Big ideas from the 20th century ; 5. Analysts and theorists: what did they ever do for us? ; 6. The curriculum ; 7. School's out!
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-129) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199643261
- 9780199643264
- OCLC:
- 811599645
- Publisher Number:
- 99954703885
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