The death of the comprehensive high school?: historical, contemporary, and comparative perspectives

The death of the comprehensive high school?: historical, contemporary, and comparative perspectives

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This groundbreaking volume considers whether the question of the high school's seeming demise is exaggerated and why it is experiencing the many problems that it does. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. BARRY M. FRANKLIN Professor and Chair of the Department of Secondary Education at Utah State University, USA. . GARY MCCULLOUGH Brian Simon Professor ofthe History of Education, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. INDICE: PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES - Custodialism and Career Preparation in a Comprehensive High School, 1929-1942; 'S.G.Terzian - 'Education for All American Youth (1944): A Failed Attempt to Extend the Comprehensive High School; 'W.J.Urban - 'The Comprehensive High School, Enrollment Expansion, and Inequality: The United States in the Post-War Era; 'J.L.Rury - 'PART II: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES - Death to the Comprehensive High School and Life to SmallSchool Reform: Advocating for Critical Care in Small Schools of Color; 'R.Antrop-González' & 'A.De Jesús - 'Soul Making in the Comprehensive High School: The Legacies of Frederick Wiseman's High School and High School II; 'J.R.Rosario 'The End of the Comprehensive High School? African American Support for Private School Vouchers; 'T.C.Pedroni - 'PART III: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES - The Formation of Comprehensive Education: Scandinavian Variations; 'S.Wiborg - 'Missing, Presumed Dead? What Happened to the Comprehensive School in England andWales; 'D.Crook' - The Comprehensive Ideal in New Zealand: Challenge and Prospects; 'G.Lee', 'H.Lee' & 'R.Openshaw - ''My Parents Came Here with Nothing and They Wanted Us to Achieve': Italian Australians and School Success; 'P.Miller - '

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-33846-3
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 224
  • Fecha Publicación: 16/03/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés