1st Edition
Towards A New Education System The Victory Of The New Right?
By Clyde Chitty University of Birmingham.
Copyright 1989
258 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1989. A provocative study of the radical changes that have taken place in education since 1976. Chitty analyzes the effects of recent legislative proposals on the education system and reveals the contradictions and tensions within New Right thinking.
Education, politics and the State; the evolution of the comprehensive school 1944-76; the comprehensive system under attack 1970-76; the Yellow Book, the Rustin speech and the great debate towards a national curriculum; the Secret Garden invaded - central control of the curriculum 1976-87; differentiation and vocationalization; early attempts at privatization - choice, competition and the voucher; 1987 and beyond - the New Right education offensive.
Biography
Clyde Chitty University of Birmingham.
