01552    a2200277   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001300151072002100164072002100185072002100206072002100227072002000248100002100268245007800289250000600367260003200373300001000405520084600415999001301261113800850820250317100353.0250312042014GB                   eng    a9781138008502  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 52.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJNF2thema7 aJNF2bic7 aEDU0000002bisac7 aEDU0340002bisac7 aEDU0400002bisac7 aREF0000002bisac7 a373.11022bisac1 aDavid Hargreaves10aChallenge For the Comprehensive SchoolbCulture, Curriculum and Community  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20140704  a256 p  bBy 1982 the ambitious claims made for newly established comprehensive schools were being put to the test. How effectively does the comprehensive meet the needs of all young people? Do urban, working-class students enjoy more success than in the secondary modern schools? Are they more engaged in their learning with higher self-esteem? This volume discusses these questions and examines issues of social mobility and cohesion, curriculum, the balance between academic and vocational education, the place of exams in the educational system and the influence of independent schools. The author asks whether a more decentralised system of self-governing schools improve the education service – a timely question which along with the other issues examined is as relevant and challenging today as when the book was originally published in 1982.  c386d386