The German example
Subtitle: English interest in educational provision in Germany since 1800
By: David Phillips
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781441141309
Subjects: Education; History; German influences; Relations
Description: "Over the past two hundred years German education policy and practice has attracted interest in England. Policy makers have used the German example' both to encourage change and development and to warn against certain courses of action. This monograph provides the first major analysis of the rich material from government reports (including work by Matthew Arnold), the press, travel accounts, memoirs, scholarly publications and the archives to uncover the nature of the English fascination with education in Germany, from 1800 to the end of the twentieth century. David Phillips traces this story and uses recent work in theories of educational policy borrowing' to analyze the reception of the German experience and its impact on the development of English education policy."-- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: Policy "borrowing" in education and the German example: historical and theoretical perspectives; title: Testing the ground: the beginnings of British interest in education in Germany; title: Establishing state involvement in education: the German example in England, 1833-1870; title: Towards a national system of education in England, 1870-1918; title: Excursus: aspects of the German university; title: Developments in England and Germany, 1918-1939; title: From the second world war to post-war reconstruction, radical reform, and beyond in England: lessons from Germany since 1939; title: Evaluating the German example.