A history of Australian schooling
Craig Campbell (Author), Helen Proctor (Author)
A social history of school education in Australia, from dame schools and one teacher classrooms in the bush, to the growth of private schools under public funding in recent years.
XVI-288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781742371825, 1742371825
1053839082
List of tablesAcknowledgementsThe authorsIntroduction1 Precarious endeavours: to 18202 School entrepreneurs: 1821-18603 Inventing public school systems: 1861-19004 Towards universal provision: 1901-19255 The socially useful school: 1926-19506 Equality of opportunity: 1951-19757 Towards a market of schools: 1976-20008 The present and future schoolSelect bibliography including referencesIndex