Everyone's Future: Lessons from Fifty Years of Scottish Comprehensive Schooling

Murphy, Daniel; Croxford, Londa; Howieson, Cahty; Raffe, David (Editors)

ISBN 10: 1858566673 / ISBN 13: 9781858566672

Published by Institute of Education Press, London, 2015

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Paperback in very good condition. Spine foot is slightly bumped, page block is lightly blemished, and a few of the lower edge page corners are dog-eared. Otherwise, as unread. LW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Everyone's Future: Lessons from Fifty Years of Scottish Comprehensive Schooling
• Publisher: Institute of Education Press, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858566673
• ISBN 13: 9781858566672
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Teaching & Education

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Synopsis

Comprehensive education began in the UK 50 years ago and, unlike in England, still commands widespread support in Scotland. This account of the Scottish system’s development, compared with elsewhere in the UK, shows how Scotland has benefited from an inclusive system of schooling and offers lessons for the future of education.

About the Author

Daniel Murphy has held many different posts in Scottish comprehensive schools, including three headships, since qualifying as a teacher in 1974. He is the author of Dealing with Dilemmas (2013, 2nd edn) and Schooling Scotland (2014). Linda Croxford joined the Centre for Educational Sociology in 1983 as a researcher on the Scottish School Leavers' Surveys and is still analysing datasets for evidence of inequalities in education and youth transitions. Cathy Howieson worked as a careers adviser before joining the Centre for Educational Sociology in 1986; since then she has researched widely in the areas of compulsory and post-compulsory education and training and young people's transitions. David Raffe was a member of the Centre for Educational Sociology from 1975 and was its director for many years until his death in 2015. He conducted research on numerous aspects of secondary and post-secondary education and training in Scotland and elsewhere. Tony Gallagher is a Professor of Education and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Queen's University Belfast. Richard Pring was Professor of Educational Studies at Oxford University until 2003, and lead director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training for England and Wales' from 2003-09. Gareth Rees is a research professor at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) and the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.