The University and the Teachers: France, the United States, England (Oxford Studies in Comparative Education)

The work recorded in this book was undertaken over four years, with support from the Spencer Foundation of Chicago and under the direction of Harry Judge of the University of Oxford. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; FRANCE: 1963: The Decision; The System; The Teachers; FRANCE: BEFORE 1963: Continuities; The Agrégation; The University; The Ecole Normale; FRANCE: SINCE 1963: The Crisis of 1968; Holding the Line: the Right and the seventies; Pressures for Change: the Left and the eighties; An Uncertain Outcome? THE UNITED STATES: 1963: Towards 1963; Normal Schools and Universities; 1963: two books; THE UNITED STATES: SINCE 1963: A Non-System? The Uncertain Profession; Heart versus Head; Responses; ENGLAND: TOWARDS 1963: 1963; The Rise of the Teacher Apprentice, 1789-1902; The Triumph of Academic Credentials, 1902-1963; England: after 1963; ENGLAND: TOWARDS 1994: Towards 1994; The Story within Teacher Education: centralisation of control; Anti-Professionalism: resurrecting the teacher apprentice; Competition in a Destabilised Environment; Concluding the Era: surprise; REFLECTIONS: 1963 Again: the University; 1963 Again: the Teachers; The Dynamics of Change; After 1995; BIBLIOGRAPHY: France, United States, England, General.