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This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education Richard Aldrich, examines past, present and future relationships between the private and public dimensions of knowledge and education. Following the introduction, it is divided into three sections: * key themes and turning points in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries* examples from the twentieth century of non formal education with particular reference to girls and women, the care and education of pre-school children, sex education and family history* an analysis of the private and public dimensions associated with globalization and international education and of examples drawn from Australia and the USA. This book will become required reading not only in respect of contemporary and historical debates about private and public spheres in education, but also with reference to the wider themes of the creation, diffusion and ownership of knowledge.
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PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATION? LESSONS FROM HISTORY Woburn Education Series General Series Editor: Professor Peter Gordon For over thirty years this on the history, development and policy of education, under the distinguished editorship of Peter Gordon, has been evolving into a comprehensive and balanced survey of important trends in teaching and educational policy. The series is intended to reflect the changing nature of education in present-day society. The books are divided into four sections—educational policy studies, educational practice, the history of education and social history—and reflect the continuing interest in this area. For a full series listing, please visit our website: www.woburnpress.com Eductional Practice Slow Learners. A Break in the Circle: A Practical Guide for Teachers Diane Griffin Games and Simulations in Action Alex Davison and Peter Gordon Music in Education: A Guide for Parents and Teachers Malcolm Carlton The Education of Gifted Children David Hopkinson Teaching and Learning Mathematics Peter G.Dean Comprehending Comprehensives Edward S.Conway Teaching in Humanities edited by Peter Gordon Teaching Science edited by Jenny Frost The Private Schooling of Girls: Past and Present edited by Geoffrey Walford International Yearbook of History Education, Volume 1 edited by Alaric Dickinson, Peter Gordon, Peter Lee and John Slater iii A Guide to Educational Research edited by Peter Gordon PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATION? LESSONS FROM HISTORY EDITOR RICHARD ALDRICH Institute of Education University of London WOBURN PRESS LONDON • PORTLAND, OR First published in 2004 in Great Britain by WOBURN PRESS Crown House, 47 Chase Side, Southgate London N14 5BP This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” and in the United States of America by WOBURN PRESS c/o ISBS, 920 N.E. 58th Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, Oregon 97213–3786 Website: www.woburnpress.com Copyright Collection © 2004 Frank Cass and Co. Ltd © Copyright Chapters 2004 Contributors British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Public or private education?: lessons from history.— (Woburn education series) 1. Education—Great Britain—History 2. Privatisation in education. I.Aldrich, Richard 370.9′41 ISBN 0-203-49814-3 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-58105-9 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-7130-0230-1 (cloth) ISBN 0-7130-4061-0 (paper) ISSN 1462-2076 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Public or private education?: lessons from history/editor, Richard Aldrich. p. cm.—(Woburn education series, ISSN 1462-20760) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7130-0230-1 (cloth) 1. Private schools—History. 2. Privatization in education—History. 3. Education