The Invention of the Secondary Curriculum [electronic resource] /
White, J.author.
Across much of the world there is now a standard secondary school curriculum based on a traditional array of subjects. This is the first work to tell the story of its invention, from the sixteenth century until the present day. The book concludes with a sketch of an alternative: a curriculum based on a well-argued set of fundamental aims.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 1550-1630; 3 1630-1700; 4 The Eighteenth Century; 5 The Nineteenth Century; 6 1900-1988; 7 Into the Twenty-First Century; 8 Beyond the Traditional Curriculum; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.
Across much of the world there is now a standard secondary school curriculum based on a traditional array of subjects. This is the first work to tell the story of its invention, from the sixteenth century until the present day. The book concludes with a sketch of an alternative: a curriculum based on a well-argued set of fundamental aims.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Curriculums (Courses of study).
Education—Curricula.
Higher education.
Great Britain—History.
United States—History.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Curriculum Studies.
Higher Education.
History of Britain and Ireland.
US History.