TY - BOOK AU - Armytage,W.H.G. TI - The American influence on English education : Vol 1 T2 - Routledge library editions : Education SN - 9780415753272 U1 - 370/.973 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Education KW - United States KW - History N1 - Bibliography: p. 107-118 N2 - 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? UR - https://uowd.box.com/s/phx3dczdq5u89k98m9rt2ewwlhj2q4ma ER -