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ERIC Number: EJ574410
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Individual Autonomy and Comprehensive Education.
Paterson, Lindsay
British Educational Research Journal, v23 n3 p315-27 Jun 1997
Attempts to understand the implications for education of an apparent paradox of the welfare state: a new culture of education has developed involving both individual autonomy and continuing attachment to public provision of education to ensure that autonomy. Compares England and Scotland to illustrate the complexity of the political debate. (DSK)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Compulsory Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, Politics of Education, School Choice, Social Change, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Scotland; Welfare State