A century of education

Education is "a country's biggest business" and the most important shared experience of those who live in it.

A Century of Education provides an accessible, authoritative and fascinating overview of the role and nature of education in the twentieth century.

Eminent historian of education, Professor Richard Aldrich has assembled a team of contributors, all noted experts in their respective fields, to review the successes and failures of education in the last century and to look forward to the next.

A succinct overview of twentieth century social, economic, political and intellectual developments in the first chapter is followed by chapters on ten key topics.

Each chapter has four sections: a review of the educational situation in 2000; a similar assessment in 1900; changes and continuities throughout the century; and a conclusion reviewing the lessons for today and tomorrow.

This is a work of information, interpretation and reference, which demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of education during the twentieth century and identifies educational priorities for the twenty first.;For anyone interested in what has become the most important Issue of our time, this unique book is set to become a classic text.