Transformations in Schooling: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

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K. Tolley
Springer, Apr 2, 2007 - Science - 276 pages
By the end of the Twentieth century, formal schooling - once the privilege of male elites - had become accessible to women, the working class and some ethnic minorities. The essays in this volume explore the historical origins of this transformation, analyzing struggles Australia, Canada, China, Columbia, India, the United States, and South Africa.
 

Contents

Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Transformations in Schooling
1
Education and State Formation
12
Politics Ideology and Policy
109
The Market the State and Transformations in Teaching
150
Culture Identity and Schooling
198
Reflections on the Historicality of Education Systems
251
Contributors
266
Index
271
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KIM TOLLEY is Associate Professor in the School of Education and Leadership at Notre Dame de Namur University, California, USA. She co-edited Chartered Schools: Two Hundred Years of Independent Academies in the United States and is the author of The Science Education of American Girls.

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