• Introduction; Part One: Exploring Ideas in Education; 1. Contrasting Approaches to Education: ‘Progressives’ and ‘Idealists’ Distinguished 2. Intelligence and the Educated Man 3. The ‘Knowledge-Ideal’ 4. Equality of Educational Opportunity and the Idea of Compensatory Education 5. Selection in Education; Part Two: Education and Society; 6. The Organisation of Education: The Influence of Economic Models 7. Class, Status and Power: The Management of Knowledge 8. System and Action Models: The Sociological Dilemma 9. Educational Ideas in Policy and Practice; Suggestions for Further Reading; Bibliography; Index

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• Introduction; Part One: Exploring Ideas in Education; 1. Contrasting Approaches to Education: ‘Progressives’ and ‘Idealists’ Distinguished 2. Intelligence and the Educated Man 3. The ‘Knowledge-Ideal’ 4. Equality of Educational Opportunity and the Idea of Compensatory Education 5. Selection in Education; Part Two: Education and Society; 6. The Organisation of Education: The Influence of Economic Models 7. Class, Status and Power: The Management of Knowledge 8. System and Action Models: The Sociological Dilemma 9. Educational Ideas in Policy and Practice; Suggestions for Further Reading; Bibliography; Index

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• Introduction; Part One: Exploring Ideas in Education; 1. Contrasting Approaches to Education: ‘Progressives’ and ‘Idealists’ Distinguished 2. Intelligence and the Educated Man 3. The ‘Knowledge-Ideal’ 4. Equality of Educational Opportunity and the Idea of Compensatory Education 5. Selection in Education; Part Two: Education and Society; 6. The Organisation of Education: The Influence of Economic Models 7. Class, Status and Power: The Management of Knowledge 8. System and Action Models: The Sociological Dilemma 9. Educational Ideas in Policy and Practice; Suggestions for Further Reading; Bibliography; Index

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