The missing stratum : technical school education in England 1900-1990s / Michael Sanderson.

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Sanderson, Michael, 1939- [author.]

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TextSeries: Bloomsbury academic collections. History: British history.Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781474241311
147424131X

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607.1/142 23

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T107 .S26 2015eb

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1 An Edwardian Problem; 2 A Solution: The Junior Technical School, 1905-1918; 3 The Problems of the Junior Technical Schools, 1918-1939; 4 The Junior Technical Schools and Industry, 1918-1939; 5 The Junior Technical Schools and the Second World War, 1939-1945; 6 Policy and the Technical School from Spens to the Butler Act; 7 Change and Decay, 1945-1960s; 8 Why This Matters; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten's policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The book argues that the neglect of technical schools has resulted in poor levels of skill formation and industrial performance in Britain, especially since the Second World War.

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Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten's policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The book argues that the neglect of technical schools has resulted in poor levels of skill formation and industrial performance in Britain, especially since the Second World War.

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