The Invention of the Secondary Curriculum

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 o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2011, 2011
Series:Secondary Education in a Changing World
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:208 p online resource
ISBN:9780230337985