Secondary education and the raising of the school-leaving age : coming of age? / Tom Woodin, Gary McCulloch and Steven Cowan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodin, Tom, author.

McCulloch, Gary, author.

Series:

Secondary education in a changing world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Compulsory--Great Britain.

Education, Compulsory.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xviii, 258 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Raising the school-leaving age has had momentous implications, not only for education but also in terms of broader social, economic, and political transformations. Investigating in-depth the progressive raising of the school-leaving age in Britain, particularly since 1944, and placing issues and debates in an international context, the authors reveal the impacts of these contested policies on the development of secondary education, on changing conceptions of childhood and youth, and on social and educational inequality. They also draw important connections to the contemporary extension of compulsory participation in education. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The school-leaving age in international perspective

Framework for ROSLA: establishing compulsion

ROSLA and the emergence of secondary education

Forward with ROSLA, 1951-1964

Waiting for ROSLA, 1964-1968

Preparing for ROSLA, 1968-1972

Achieving ROSLA

Raising the participation age: policy learning from the past?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230340398

0230340393

OCLC:

806013674