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ERIC Number: EJ613597
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Learning from Elsewhere in Education: Some Perennial Problems Revisited with Reference to British Interest in Germany.
Phillips, David
Comparative Education, v36 n3 p297-307 Aug 2000
The history of England's attraction to the German education system is reviewed to exemplify four reasons for "borrowing" (copying) foreign models. Rather than simply copying it, England should use the German example to become aware of shortcomings in its own system and their potential solutions. (TD)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Public Education
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Germany
Note: Special Number 23: "Comparative Education for the Twenty-First Century."