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ERIC Number: EJ431536
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
Comprehensive Education in England and Wales, 1944-1991.
Tomlinson, J. R. G.
European Journal of Education, v26 n2 p103-17 Jun 1991
Two views of the introduction of comprehensive secondary education into England and Wales are examined: that it is an episode connected directly to postwar building of the welfare state, and destined to fail; and represents a fundamental and permanent shift in the perception of what secondary education should attempt. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational History, Equal Education, European History, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Social Change
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Wales