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The American influence on English education : Vol 1 W.H.G. Armytage

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Students library of educationPublication details: London : Routledge, 2014.Description: x, 118 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415753272
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370/.973
Online resources: 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?.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 370.973 AR AM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0028533

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?.

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