Handout: Week 2

Dewhurst/Reifsnyder: SS 2005 Lecture: Education in the US and Great Britain

Handout: Week 2 An Overview of the British Educational System I.

State Provision of Education in Britain: A Short History

II. Overview of the British Education System A. General Statistics B. General Characteristics o o o

Decentralisation Policy Makers State/Private Sector Education

C. Education on State Level (England and Wales) o o

School Assessment The National Curriculum

D. Education on Local Level (England and Wales) o o

Local Education Authorities (LEAs) School Governing Bodies

E. The Scottish Education System o o o

School Assessment and Curriculum Education Authorities School Boards

F. Levels of Education o o o

Primary and Secondary Public Examinations Higher and Further Education

G. State vs. Private Sector H. Alternative Forms of Schooling

III. The Future: Proposals for Change

General Bibliography:

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Sheerin, S. et. al. ‘Spotlight on Britain’ (2nd ed.) (1995) Oxford University Press, Oxford. ‘The Education System’, pp. 131-135 Lavery, C. ‘Focus on Britain Today’ (1995) Phoenix, Hemel Hempstead, Ch. 11. ‘The British Education System’, pp. 82-89 McLean, A. ‘Profile UK’, (1993) Heinemann, Oxford. ‘Class Struggle’, pp. 42-45 McDowall, D. ‘Britain in Close-up’ (1997) Longman, Harlow, Chapter 11 ‘Educating the Nation’, pp. 147158

Dewhurst/Reifsnyder: SS 2005 Lecture: Education in the US and Great Britain

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Essential Articles 4: the Resource File for Issues. (1996) Carel Press, Carlisle. ‘Education’, pp. 105111 Social Trends 27, (1997) Office for National Statistics, The Stationery Office, London ‘Education’, section 3, pp. 55-69 Britain 2004: an Official Handbook, (1996) Central Office of Information, London. See chapter on ‘Education’. Hudson, R. & Williams, A. ‘Divided Britain’ (1995 2nd Edition) Wiley, Chichester. Chapter 4.2. ‘Class and Education’ pp. 99-106 Abercrombie, N. & Warde, N. et al. ‘Contemporary British Society’ (1996) Polity, Oxford. Chapter 8, ‘Education’ pp. 342-378