1st Edition

Education in Germany Tradition and Reform in Historical Context

Edited By David Phillips Copyright 1995

    The German education and training system has been the subject of considerable attention from other nations, and has often been used as a model. David Phillips' book brings together articles from some of the best known names in the field including Mitter, Glowka, Hearnden, Fuhr, Robinsohn and Prais and wagner. The book is organised into four sections. Section one examines the historical inheritance of the present education system. Section two covers standards and assessments and section three discusses vocational education and training, and area of the German education system which has received much admiration. Finally, and crucially, section four addresses questions about the future of the current system in a unified Germany.

    Preface, Introduction Part I The forces of tradition 1 Two decades of non-reform in West German education [1967] 2 Problems in German secondary education [1985] 3 Continuity and change: a basic question for German education [1986] 4 Lessons from Germany? The case of German secondary schools [1987] 5 The German university: basically healthy or rotten? [1993] Part II Standards and assessment 6 Schooling standards in England and Germany: some summary comparisons bearing on economic performance [1986] 7 Assessment in German schools [1991] 8 Anglo-German perceptions of education [1989] Part III Vocational education and training 9 Vocational education: a success story? [1985] 10 The German dual system: a heretical view [1987] 11 Quality control in the dual system of West Germany [1988] 12 The genesis and evolution of pre-vocational education: West Germany [1991] Part IV Education in the New Germany 13 Education in present-day Germany: some considerations as mirrored in comparative education (July 1991) [1992] 14 Transitions and traditions: educational developments in the New Germany in their historical context [1992] 15 On the education system of the five new Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany [1992]

    Biography

    David Phillips