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Philosophers and Kings: Education for Leadership in Modern England

By Gary McCulloch

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
052139175X, 9780521391757, 0521892554, 9780521892551, 9780511549625
LCC
LA634 .M29 1990
Open Library ID
OL2227911M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4306642 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
176\173
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

Philosophers and Kings examines how the theme of ''education for leadership'' has developed, changed and declined in English secondary education during the twentieth century. Gary McCulloch examines the contributions of significant educators such as Cyril Norwood, Victor Gollancz and Eric James, and shows how an inherently ''elitist'' notion could in fact be adapted to form an important part of radical and even socialist educational thought, and share in the discrediting such notions have suffered during the 1980s. In so doing Philosophers and Kings makes an important contribution not only to the educational history of contemporary England, but to our understanding of the manifold cultural changes that have affected English society in the recent past.

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