Search

The article discusses British industrialist and social reformer Robert Owen and his essays on "A New View of Society," published as one volume in 1816. It comments on his ideas about the influence of education and environment on character formation. The author reflects on Owen's management of the cotton spinning mill New Lanark in Scotland. He also explores Owen's ideas on progress and workers' welfare. The influence of several individuals, including educationist Joseph Lancaster, author William Godwin, and radical Francis Place, on Owen is also considered.

The article considers the education provided in Great Britain from the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors period. Medieval schools are probably few in numbers, poorly equipped, with unimaginative teaching, and pupils kept in order by corporal punishment. The history of schools in England began after the Romans came in AD 43. Little is known of how schools functioned in Britain. In the Roman empire as a whole, however, it was common to find elementary teachers of reading in towns. While in Great Britain, only the noblest and wealthiest would have studied grammar and rhetoric.

The section features four journals related to education of Great Britain in 2006 including the "International Journal of Research and Method in Education," "Journal of Vocational Education and Training," "History of Education" and "Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth." The content of the journals is enumerated.

The author focuses on Great Britain's education systems and their transition since 1980. It discusses the education policies such as Education Act (ERA) 1980, ERA 1981 and Education Reform Act 1988. Topics include education and politics, impact of British withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit) on academies and community schools, and General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE).

The article reports on the online paper posted by the History and Policy Group which is intended to help the next British government deal with academic history.

In this article, the author presents his views on the time-lapse approach to education and also discusses the historical changes in the sector of education in Great Britain. He mentions that in 1960s, headmasters had to run their schools in a social climate while the concept of coeducation has evolved form 1970s. He also mentions that in 1990s there were issues related to pay rises for teachers and in present day education sector lacks the educational innovations.