A tribute to Caroline Benn : education and democracy / edited by Melissa Benn and Clyde Chitty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benn, Melissa, editor.

Chitty, Clyde, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Education--Political aspects.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2004.

Summary:

'Caroline Benn made an immense contribution to public life through her work on educational politics and the comprehensive movement. She was a committed democrat, socialist and internationalist and this book of essays dedicated to her life and work was the idea of Professor Clyde Chitty, her friend and colleague over many years, as a labour of love and to recognise her achievements. The fact that so many people in her field have contributed chapters is evidence of the influence she had on those who knew her and worked with her.'Tony Benn, Foreword'This fine book will serve both as a fitting tribute to the life and work of Caroline Benn and as a means of furthering the educational causes she championed.' Richard Aldrich, Emeritus Professor of History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1 Caroline Benn

2 On Dreams and Dilemmas, Class and Cities: Some Thoughts on the Modern Politics of Comprehensives

3 In Praise of Sixties Idealism

4 The Route to My Comprehensive

5 The Case Against Selection

6 Comprehensive Success: Bog-standard Government

7 Eugenic Theories and Concepts of Ability

8 Developing Comprehensive Education in a New Climate

9 The Process Curriculum

10 The Importance of Friendship during Primary to Secondary School Transfer

11 Developments in the Training of Teachers

12 Rethinking the Future: the Commodifaction of Knowledge and the Grammar of Resistance

13 Young People and Education: Processes of Inclusion and Exclusion

14 Why Improving Own Learning' is Important

15 For Free Universities, Caroline Benn's Radical Alternative for Higher Education

16 Arrivant Contemporaries: Caroline, her Arabian Brothers and the Pedagogy of Story

17 Comprehensive Schooling and Educational Inequality: An International Perspective

Postscript: An Obituary of Caroline Benn

References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4411-7117-7

OCLC:

965168513