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Drawing on the great wealth of knowledge and experience of education practitioners and theorists, these volumes explore the very important relationship between education and society. These book became standard texts for actual and intending teachers. Drawing upon comparative material from Israel France, and Germany, titles in The Sociology of Education set of the Internation Library of Sociology also discuss the key questions of girls' and special needs education, and the psychology of education.
An analysis of the educational events and ideas that emerged during the 25-year period from 1960 to 1985. The educational thought and practice of the time is viewed in the context of the concurrent political, cultural and social changes. Includes a list of sources and an index. The author is a distinguished academic in the field of education and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Education at Monash University. His other books include 'The Foundations of Secondary Education', 'A History of Education in the Twentieth Century World', and 'The Australian Council for Educational Research 1930-1980'.
This book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Council for Educational Research throughout the 50 years of its existence. It is based on an examination of the archival material accumulated at the ACER, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Australian Archives, and the records of the Australian Education Council. It examines the interest and impact of the Carnegie Corporation on the early years of the ACER, reports on the development of educational research in Australia and the influence of the ACER on it. The ACER's interest in educational and psychological measurement is explained, and its range of other activities in publication, curriculum development, and educational service is described.
The author bases hisdiscusion of the purposes and principles or secondary education on an analysis of the social and political changes of the time and on a survey of the social tasks of education. he deals in detail with the work of the secondary school, measuring curricula, teaching methods and examinations against certain criteria he regards as fundamental He also discusses the various types of school which should have a place in the modern Australian community. [Back page, ed].
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