Ebook: Social Origins of Educational Systems

Cover; Social Origins of Educational Systems; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Acknowledgement; 1 THINKING AND THEORIZING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; Part I THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; 2 STRUCTURE: Education as Private Enterprise; 3 INTERACTION: Competition for Educational Control; 4 STRUCTURAL ELABORATION: The Emergence of State Educational Systems; Part II EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS IN ACTION; 5 STRUCTURE: State Systems and Educational Negotiations; 6 INTERACTION: In the Centralized System; 7 INTERACTION: In the Decentralized System.;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.