ISBN:
9781526150752
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1526150751
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 305 Seiten
,
Karte
,
23 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
372.94109042
Keywords:
1900-1999
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Education, Elementary History 20th century
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Education, Elementary Social aspects
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Educational sociology History 20th century
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Education, Elementary Aims and objectives 20th century
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History
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Community and school History 20th century
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Manners and customs
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Education, Elementary - Aims and objectives
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Community and school
;
Education, Elementary
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Education, Elementary - Social aspects
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Educational sociology
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Social conditions
;
History
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London (England) Social conditions 20th century
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Great Britain Social life and customs 1918-1945
;
England - London
;
Great Britain
Abstract:
"This book shows why the study of schooling matters to the history of twentieth-century Britain, integrating the history of education within the wider concerns of modern social history. Drawing on a rich array of archival and autobiographical sources, it captures in vivid detail the individual moments that made up the minutiae of classroom life. It focuses on elementary education in interwar London, arguing that schools were grounded in their local communities as lynchpins of social life and drivers of change. Exploring crucial questions around identity and belonging, poverty and aspiration, class and culture, behaviour and citizenship, it provides vital context for twenty-first century debates about education and society, showing how the same concerns were framed a century ago"--
Abstract:
"What were schools for, why did they matter and what do they tell us about society? In this compelling account, the lived experience of the classroom illuminates the social history of interwar Britain. Drawing on a rich array of archival and autobiographical sources, it captures the individual moments that made up the minutiae of classroom life. Focusing on elementary schools in London - where global, imperial, and national identities competed with local and family interests - it creates a mosaic of the educational experience across the capital between the wars.By charting the growing role that schools played in communities, this book reveals the social relationships that shaped modern Britain: of children, guardians, neighbours, teachers, school managers, inspectors, welfare workers, medics, clerics, local businesses, and government officials. In doing so, it centres schools as key drivers of social change. Exploring crucial questions around identity and belonging, poverty and aspiration, class and culture, behaviour and citizenship, it shows that schools were an integral part of interwar society"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index
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