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Direct linkRichards, Colin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2011
A century ago Edmond Holmes, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools from 1905 to 1910, made a major contribution to educational debate through his widely quoted and much disputed "What Is and What Might Be" (Holmes, 1911). In a previous article (Richards, 2010) his criticisms of what was then contemporary policy and practice…
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Criticism
Scott, Catherine – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
Education as an institution fulfils the key social functions of promulgation of knowledge and the development of future citizens. Rather than these key functions earning it respect, education and its practitioners are the targets of criticism and what Labaree calls "scorn". This article seeks to progress the work done by Labaree on the origins of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Criticism, Educational Policy, Educational Anthropology
