Social origins of educational systems

By:

Archer, Margaret Scotford

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2013.Description: xxv, 815 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415639057

Subject(s):

Educational sociology. School management and organization -- Great Britain -- History. School management and organization -- France -- History. School management and organization -- Denmark -- History. School management and organization -- Soviet Union -- History. Comparative education. School management and organization. Denmark. France. Great Britain. Soviet Union. Bildungssystem. Bildungseinrichtung. Pädagogische Soziologie. Soziologie. School management and organization -- Great Britain -- Histoire. School management and organization -- France -- Histoire. School management and organization -- Denmark -- Histoire. School management and organization -- Soviet Union -- Histoire

DDC classification:

306.43 ARC

Contents:

Thinking and theorizing about educational systems -- pt. I. The development of state educational systems. Structure: Education as private enterprise ; Interaction: Competition for educational control ; Structural elaboration: The emergence of state educational system -- pt. II. Educational systems in action. Structure: State systems and educational negotiations ; Interaction: In the centralized system ; Interaction: In the decentralized system ; Structural elaboration: Two patterns of educational change.

Summary: First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social structures. Professor Archer goes on to provide a theoretical framework which accounts for the major characteristics of national education and the principal changes that such systems have undergone. Now with a new introduction, Social Origins of Educational Systems is vital reading for all tho.

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Thinking and theorizing about educational systems --
pt. I. The development of state educational systems. Structure: Education as private enterprise ; Interaction: Competition for educational control ; Structural elaboration: The emergence of state educational system --
pt. II. Educational systems in action. Structure: State systems and educational negotiations ; Interaction: In the centralized system ; Interaction: In the decentralized system ; Structural elaboration: Two patterns of educational change.

First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social structures. Professor Archer goes on to provide a theoretical framework which accounts for the major characteristics of national education and the principal changes that such systems have undergone. Now with a new introduction, Social Origins of Educational Systems is vital reading for all tho.

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Social origins of educational systems