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Direct linkGristy, Cath; Letherby, Gayle; Watkins, Ruth – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2020
This paper explores the impact of selection by ability in schooling systems on individual lives. It draws on narratives collected with a group of 18 people (accessed through a local U3A group) who were at school in Britain in a period from the 1940s through to the 1960s. This period saw significant changes in society and to schooling following the…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Social Mobility, Foreign Countries, Age Groups
Simmons, Robin – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2014
This article revisits the three decades following the end of World War Two--a time when, following the 1944 Education Act, local education authorities (LEAs) were the key agencies responsible for running the education system across England. For the first time, there was a statutory requirement for LEAs to secure adequate facilities for further…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Educational Legislation, Educational History
