The Social Production Of Merit

by David McCallum

Overview

Rather than concentrating on educational theory, this book examines the practical problems that educational administrators faced in their efforts to devise and maintain efficient, fair and flexible systems. The book examines the role played by educational psychologists in particular.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138982253
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/09/2016
Series:	Falmer Press Teachers' Library Series , #7
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Introduction of Secondary Education; Chapter 2 Secondary Schools and Educational Theory; Chapter 3 The Private System and Its Contemporary Ideology; Chapter 4 The Psychological Terrain; Chapter 5 ‘Scientists in the Classroom’: Social Differences and the Teaching Profession; Chapter 6 The Social Democratic Critique of the 1940s; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Liberalism, Education and Social Efficiency;