Module Identifier | ED32820 | |||||||||||
Module Title | EDUCATION, SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN BRITAIN 1790-1944 | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2006/2007 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Mr Martin Wright | |||||||||||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | |||||||||||
Next year offered | N/A | |||||||||||
Next semester offered | N/A | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 Hours. | ||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours. | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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This module will examine the relationship between education, society and politics in Britain. It will focus upon the nineteenth century, which witnessed the development of mass education on a recognisably modern pattern, but will also examine educational practices in pre-industrial Britain and discuss the influence of nineteenth century developments upon the education system that evolved in the twentieth century. Students will be provided with a chronological framework of events, but the course will primarily focus upon a range of often controversial themes and issues, many of which remain directly relevant to modern educational debates. Education will be treated in a broad sense, and studies will not be confined to school based education.
- The pre-industrial legacy: education and society before the industrial revolution.
- The development of mass education: framework of events.
- Education and the unification of Britain.
- Education and religion.
- The public school ethos and its implications.
- Education and gender.
- Education and the working class movement.
- The development of adult education.
- Higher Education and Society.
- Education and society in the age of world war and democracy.
This module is at CQFW Level 6