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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-101474498418

ISBN-139781474498418

eBay Product ID (ePID)2329415155

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

Publication NameScottish Education and Society since 1945 : Democracy and Intellect

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Secondary, Statistics, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

Publication Year2023

TypeTextbook

AuthorLindsay Paterson

Subject AreaEducation

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThis book is essential reading not only for those interested in Scottish education - a fascinating story in its own right - but for all those committed to building education systems that meet our democratic and egalitarian ideals., goes well beyond... familiar claims and the counter-claims of sceptics. Paterson's thesis is more nuanced, more qualified, more rigorous and thus more challenging--intellectually and personally., With an uncommon combination of quantitative rigour and lucid, humane prose, Lindsay Paterson weighs up Scottish claims to have cultivated the "democratic intellect". Has Scotland succeeded in delivering a broad, liberal education to all? The answer, defined and qualified in ways illuminating to policymakers as well as students and scholars, is yes., [a] remarkable new study... with a detailed analysis of statistical evidence that is genuinely exciting

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.430941109045

Table Of ContentList of Figures List of Tables PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Scottish Education since the Middle of the Twentieth Century 2. Sources of Evidence: Scotland's Unique Social Surveys 3. The Impact of Policy and Social Change on Schools 4. School Curriculum: Liberal Education for Everyone?5. Student Choice and Respect 6. Young People and the Labour Market 7. Schools and Higher Education8. Higher Education and Breadth of Study at School 9. Social Mobility and Lifelong Learning10. Education, Social Attitudes and Scottish Governance 11. Conclusions Further Information References Index

SynopsisScotland developed a series of educational surveys between the late-1940s and the early-21st century that allow the country's experience of education to be studied in systematic detail. No other country has an archive of this length and depth. The surveys include evidence on pupils' curriculum, attainment, subjective experience of school, and destinations after leaving school, as well as details of their social characteristics and of the secondary schools which they attended. By linking also to archival evidence on the histories of schools, the book's analysis investigates the interplay between deliberate policy and wider social change. The transformation of education in this period is accompanied by equally important economic restructuring which has led to unprecedented changes in the way that education relates to lifelong opportunity in the twenty-first century. The book investigates how these changes have underpinned Scotland's civic values, and have contributed fundamentally to shaping the debate about the country's constitutional future., Examines education and social change in Scotland through analysis of a unique series of historical social surveys.

LC Classification NumberLC191.8.G72