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Loading... For the common weal : the public high school in Victoria, 1910-2010by Richard Teese
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This is a study of the rise of the public high school in Victoria over the last 100 years. This is a history which begins with a fundamental shift in the economic strategies of Australian families. They lowered their fertility in exchange for educational opportunity. Elementary schooling created the foundation on which this change from biological to cultural reproduction was based. The creation of a mass public high school system extended access to the higher forms of knowledge on which Australias economic and social organization is based. This book breaks new ground in demonstrating the impact that the public high school has made on the Victorian community. It has raised general levels of attainment, reduced inequalities in secondary education, given access to the academic curriculum, increased transition to tertiary education, and reduced social inequalities in higher education. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)373.945Social sciences Education Secondary; Academic; Preparatory Pacific Australia VictoriaLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |