Public or private education? : lessons from history / editor, Richard Aldrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aldrich, Richard.

Series:

Woburn education series.

Woburn education series, 1462-2076

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private schools--History.

Private schools.

Privatization in education--History.

Privatization in education.

Education--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Woburn Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education, Richard Aldrich, examines, past, present and future relationships between the private and public dimensions of knowledge and education.

Contents:

Cover; Public or Private Education?: Lessons from History; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; 1. Gender and The Private/Public Debate On Education In The Long Eighteenth Century; 2. Changing The Boundaries: The Voluntary System, Private Popular Education and The Battle for Useful Knowledge, C.1830s-c. 1860s ...; 3. From incorporation to privatisation: public and private secondary education in twentiethcentury England ...; Part 2

4. Round and Round The Mulberry Bush: The Balance of Public And Private In Early Education and Childcare In The Twentieth Century ...5. Birds, Bees and General Embarrassment: Sex Education In Britain, From Social Purity To Section 28; 6. Domestic Science: The Education of Girls At Home; 7. Family History and The History of The Family; Part 3; 8. Changing Conceptions of Public and Private In American Educational History; 9. Public Commitment and Private Choice In Australian Secondary Education; 10. Public, Private and Globalised International Education; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-135-78373-X

1-135-78374-8

1-280-04569-8

0-203-49814-3

9780203498149

OCLC:

70737730