Books in the Woburn Education Series series

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Presents findings from a survey conducted among 30,000 13-15 year olds throughout England and Wales, giving particular attention to social, personal and moral issues.

This tribute from historian and educationists to the work and influence of Peter Gordon, Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Education in London, is grouped round the central theme of the educational history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

In this volume, educationists and experts on values, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, discuss the question of values and the curriculum in societies which are changing rapidly and in which disagreements about values are sometimes acrimonious.

The third volume in this international review takes "raising standards" as its central theme. Raising standards is no simple matter, either conceptually or empirically, whatever politicians might think. If it is to happen, it must draw on research and practical experience from other countries.

This book studies the development of the modern university system in England from the mid-19th century to the outbreak of World War II, focusing on the role of the state.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Examines the British socialist movement in the last two decades of the 19th century through its policies on children's education. The author reassesses the nature of these policies and comments on the validity of those historiographical models used in analyses of the socialism of this period.

Over 500 entities on a wide variety of societies, associations, clubs, unions and other professional, social and political bodies organized by women or for women covering the period 1825 to 1960. This work should be of interest to social historians and specialists in women's history.

This book brings together the best of recently conducted research on the various aspects of private schooling, through a series of specially commissioned, previously unpublished essays.

This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education, Richard Aldrich, examines, past, present and future relationships between the private and public dimensions of knowledge and education.

Useful for those with an interest in music history, this book paints a broad picture of musical life in Britain, charting the rise of the celebrity composer, the opening of public halls and growth of music festivals, the rapid influx of composers and new musical forms.

A study of the school textbook grounded in historical and comparative perspectives. The approach is broadly chronological, revealing changes in the theory and practice of textbook production and use. The book focuses largely on three associated subjects - geography, history and social studies.

An analysis of the interrelationship between labour party values and beliefs and educational ideas since 1900.

This book examines students' ideas about the discipline of history and the knowledge it produces. It also looks in detail at teachers' own ideas about teaching.

Examining the gender-blindness of the educational tradition, this book tests the claim of superiority for the Scottish system, and questions the assumption that Scottish women were either passive victims or willing dupes of a peculiarly patriarchal ideal. It provides a comparative study of Scottish society during a period of tremendous upheaval.

Over 500 entities on a wide variety of societies, associations, clubs, unions and other professional, social and political bodies organized by women or for women covering the period 1825 to 1960. This work should be of interest to social historians and specialists in women's history.

An examination of the ways in which gender intersects with informal and formal education in England, Germany, Indonesia, South Africa, USA and the Netherlands. The book looks at various issues including: citizenship; authority; colonialism and education; and the construction of national identities.

Seen through the eyes of successive head teachers and long-serving assistant staff, this book focuses on one school between 1957 and 2002, logging the changes in the curriculum and how the changes affected what the staff sought to do as professionals.

This book offers challenging new perspectives on current policy and practice in teacher education today and adds to existing histories of teacher training of the past.

This is an account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment.

Focusing on Oscar Browning and Elizabeth Hughes, this book examines the history of teacher training at Cambridge University, and studies the educational ideals and international influence Browning, Hughes, and the university had.

A history of educational ideas from classical Greece to the 20th century, relating these ideas to the social, political and economic trends of significant periods of history.

This dictionary is intended to clarify the world of British education mainly by providing an alphabetical list of educational terms, but also by giving historical background to developments where appropriate.

This is a fascinating account of the origins of schoolboy football and the factors that have influenced its development and the consequences and benefits that have followed not only for school football but for sport in schools and communities as a

An exploration of the changing patterns of higher education in England in the 20th century, the types of institutions and the emergence of a "system" of education. The book traces the relationship between the writer-advocates of higher education and the changing world of higher education.