This is an up-to-date guide for teachers and parents, administrators, governors , students and others to help the find their way about the increasingly complex world of education. The main section provides a dictionary that is more than a simple set of definitions: many words in education have been put into some kind of historical context to become fully meaningful. The second part gives some important landmarks from the nineteenth century to the present time, and also provides a list of political heads of education since state education was established. The final section is devoted to a list of acronyms and abbreviations, both of which have been the subject of multiple definitions in recent years.
Author(s): Peter Gordon, Denis Lawton
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 304
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
SECTION ONE British Education......Page 8
ENGLAND......Page 9
SCOTLAND......Page 11
NORTHERN IRELAND......Page 12
SECTION TWO The Dictionary......Page 13
A......Page 14
B......Page 29
C......Page 41
D......Page 66
E......Page 79
F......Page 94
G......Page 104
H......Page 113
I......Page 124
J......Page 135
K......Page 137
L......Page 140
M......Page 153
N......Page 162
O......Page 177
P......Page 184
Q......Page 202
R......Page 205
S......Page 215
T......Page 242
U......Page 254
V......Page 260
W......Page 264
Y......Page 268
Z......Page 270
SECTION THREE Historical Background......Page 271
Landmarks in the Development of English Education since 1800......Page 272
SECTION FOUR Political Leaders......Page 280
The Central Authority in Education: Political Leaders......Page 281
SECTION FIVE Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 284
