Secondary Education and the Raising of the School-Leaving Age [electronic resource] : Coming of Age? /
Woodin, T.author.
McCulloch, G.author.
Cowan, S.author.
The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions for our understanding of childhood and youth, for secondary education, and for social and educational inequality. This book assesses secondary education and the raising of the school-leaving age in the UK and places issues and debates in an international context.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The school leaving age in international perspective -- Framework for ROSLA: establishing compulsion -- ROSLA and the emergence of secondary education -- Forward with ROSLA, 1951-1964 -- Waiting for ROSLA, 1964-1968 -- Preparing for ROSLA, 1968-1972 -- Achieving ROSLA -- Raising the participation age: policy learning from the past? -- Conclusion.
The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions for our understanding of childhood and youth, for secondary education, and for social and educational inequality. This book assesses secondary education and the raising of the school-leaving age in the UK and places issues and debates in an international context.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
International education .
Comparative education.
Great Britain—History.
Education—History.
History, Modern.
Educational Policy and Politics.
International and Comparative Education.
Education Policy.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Education.
Modern History.