Philosophers and Kings: Education for Leadership in Modern England (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521391757)

Philosophers and Kings examines how the theme of "education for leadership" has developed, changed and declined in English secondary education during the twentieth century. Gary McCulloch examines the contributions of significant educators such as Cyril Norwood, Victor Gollancz and Eric James, and shows how an inherently "elitist" notion could in fact be adapted to form an important part of radical and even socialist educational thought, and share in the discrediting such notions have suffered during the 1980s. In so doing Philosophers and Kings makes an important contribution not only to the educational history of contemporary England, but to our understanding of the manifold cultural changes that have affected English society in the recent past.

Author: Gary McCulloch,McCulloch Gary
ISBN-10: 052139175X
ISBN-13: 9780521391757
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/29/1991
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d