Liberal Education & the National Curriculum - Softcover
A free and democratic society demands much of its citizens, which is why universal education has been the foremost concern of every genuine liberal. In a remarkable piece of detective work, Professor David Conway traces the history of proposed school curricula from the liberal reformers of the 1860s to modern times. The common thread has been the idea that all children, whatever their backgrounds, should be introduced to "the best that has been thought and said."
The reactionary and anti-progressive demands from the contemporary educationists to abandon the attempt to provide a liberal education for children from less advantaged backgrounds is both unjust and unwise. To limit the enjoyment of the riches of culture to a small elite who attend independent schools would be to create a divided society, with negative consqeunces for all.
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David Conway received his education at St Olave's Grammar School, Clare College Cambridge and University College London. He taught for over three decades at Middlesex University, of which he is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, before joining Civitas as a Senior Research Fellow in 2004. His previous publications include A Farewell to Marx, Classical Liberalism, Free-Market Feminism, The Rediscovery of Wisdom, In Defence of the Realm, A Nation of Immigrants? and Disunited Kingdom.
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- PublisherCivitas/Inst for the Study of
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1906837112
- ISBN 13 9781906837112
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages127
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