Presents an account of political and religious influences affecting the French secondary school, Louis Le Grand, during the eighteenth century. Shows how the development of a major institution of education can be related to historical events and pressures. (DB)

The career of art educator David Phillip Blair (1850-1925) is discussed. A graduate from the National Art Training School in South Kensington, London, England, Blair was responsible for introducing the South Kensington art system, with its emphasis on the practical arts, into the schools of New Zealand and Canada. (Author/RM)

Discusses the the vicissitudes of history teaching in China and the compilation of curricula since 1949. There had been and continues to be very little history taught in China's schools. Policies governing the writing and dissemination of curriculum materials about the past have varied over the years. (RM)

In Germany during the 1970s, a largely descriptive and encyclopedic approach to geography instruction was replaced by a global approach which used world regions as vehicles for examining themes. The role of three instruments of curriculum change--an official syllabus, a textbook series, and a curriculum project--is examined. (Author/RM)

The transition of American Revolutionary studies in British upper primary and secondary schools from a rather smug Victorian notion of a gracious monarch granting ungrateful colonies their independence to a more sophisticated and varied treatment is examined. (RM)

Evaluates role played by the periodical "Economics" in the rise of economics study in English schools since the second World War. Topics discussed include membership in the Economics Association, contribution to the journal by school teachers, and the relationship of the boom in economics study to the general interest in social sciences. (DB)

Peter Manniche (1880-1981) founded the International People's College, Helsingor, Denmark, in 1921 as an experiment in peace education, "a miniature League of Nations." It is a folk high school, and in many ways from its inception up to today is still in the maintenance of the Grundtvigian folk high school, except that it is the only…

In order to study women's social mobility in the United Kingdom, a typology of girls' schools is needed. Proposed here is a typology for girls' secondary schools before 1914. The typology preserves distinctions between public and private, boarding and day schools, and introduces subdivisions indicating academic quality. (Author/RM)

Actions taken in newly independent Kenya during the mid 70's to achieve greater cultural autonomy in the secondary school literature curriculum are the focus of this case-study.

The history of access to secondary education and movements toward sexual equality in education in Great Britain between World Wars I and II are covered. The major questions raised in this period were: "Who is capable of, or eligible for, secondary education?" and "What secondary education system is most desirable?" (IS)

Vocational education, as a share of secondary education, has declined in almost every educational system since 1950. The history of vocational education and the relationship of its decline to the desires of countries to produce a more standard level of education in line with egalitarian principles are discussed. (Author/IS)

Explains a theoretical framework for interpreting educational policy-making and, on the basis of that framework, identifies educational policy makers and policy changes in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s. Tests the theory by examining controversies about secondary education and the structure of the educational system. (JHZ)

The paper discusses developments in technical education in the British West Indies from 1940-1960 emphasizing the relation between education and economic development. The objective is to analyze the economic basis of progress in technical education. The document is presented in four chapters. Chapter I summarizes historical background prior to…

This bulletin, a Report of the National Committee on Research in Secondary Education is the first of a cooperative research series sponsored by the National Committee on Research in Secondary Education. This committee represents the important national and regional organizations concerned wholly or in part with secondary education. It includes in…

The present study is one of the regular series of Office of Education bulletins presenting salient features and analysis of the educational systems of other countries. Such studies in the field of comparative education are designed to serve educators, educational institutions and organizations concerned with the planning and conduct of programs in…