The missing stratum : technical school education in England 1900-1990s / Michael Sanderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanderson, Michael, author.

Series:

History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

History: British history, Bloomsbury Academic collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technical education--England--History--20th century.

Technical education.

Technical institutes--England--History--20th century.

Technical institutes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten's policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The book argues that the neglect of technical schools has resulted in poor levels of skill formation and industrial performance in Britain, especially since the Second World War.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1 An Edwardian Problem; 2 A Solution: The Junior Technical School, 1905-1918; 3 The Problems of the Junior Technical Schools, 1918-1939; 4 The Junior Technical Schools and Industry, 1918-1939; 5 The Junior Technical Schools and the Second World War, 1939-1945; 6 Policy and the Technical School from Spens to the Butler Act; 7 Change and Decay, 1945-1960s; 8 Why This Matters; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1994 by The Athlone Press."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2015).

ISBN:

9781474241311

147424131X

OCLC:

919201418