Secondary Education and the Raising of the School-Leaving Age Coming of Age?

by Woodin, Tom; McCulloch, Gary; Cowan, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780230340398
• ISBN10: 0230340393
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-10-10
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions across society, politics, and culture. The extension of compulsory schooling has impacted upon modernisation, democracy, citizenship, social justice, and economic competitiveness. This book assesses secondary education and the raising of the school leaving age in the UK and places issues and debates inan international context.

Author Biography

Tom Woodin is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education in the UK. Gary McCulloch is Brian Simon Professor of History of Education at the Institute of Education in theUK. Richard Cowen is a Professor of the Psychology of Education at the Institute of Education in theUK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The School Leaving Age in International Perspective
3. Framework for ROSLA: Establishing Compulsion
4. ROSLA and the Emergence of Secondary Education
5. Forward With ROSLA, 1951-1964
6. Waiting for ROSLA, 1964-1968
7. Preparing for ROSLA, 1968-1972
8. Achieving ROSLA
9. Raising the Participation Age: Policy Learning from the Past?
10. Conclusion