The American influence on English education : Vol 1
By: Armytage, W.H.G
Material type: BookSeries: Students library of educationPublisher: London : Routledge, 2014.Description: x, 118 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415753272Subject(s): Education -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 370/.973 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
The American ideal has exercised a powerful influence over English educational policy over the last two centuries, even as it has itself changed. Today the very size of America enables it to rehearse problems we shall meet tomorrow. This volume answers key questions for education, as relevant now as they were when it was originally published: Is there an optimal size and a maximal use of a school? Are there adequately sophisticated batteries of attainment tests? Or valid methods of vocational guidance?.
Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 370.973 AR AM (Browse shelf) | Available | T0028533 |
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Bibliography: p. 107-118.
The American ideal has exercised a powerful influence over English educational policy over the last two centuries, even as it has itself changed. Today the very size of America enables it to rehearse problems we shall meet tomorrow. This volume answers key questions for education, as relevant now as they were when it was originally published: Is there an optimal size and a maximal use of a school? Are there adequately sophisticated batteries of attainment tests? Or valid methods of vocational guidance?.