Social Conflict and Educational Change in England and France 1789–1848

This book analyses the processes of educational change in England and France.

Michalina Vaughan (Author), Margaret Scotford Archer (Author)

9780521144551, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 June 2010

270 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.55 kg

This book analyses the processes of educational change in England and France by relating political, social, economic and ideological trends to the changing pattern of educational institutions from the time of the Industrial and French revolutions. The authors first assess the relevance of major sociological theories for the interpretation of the main trends in education in both countries in the first half of the nineteenth century. They then put forward an alternative approach, derived from Weber, which links educational change with social conflict. This theory of domination and assertion of groups competing for control over formal instruction before the emergence of the state system is applied to England and France in this period. The main part of the book is devoted to a more detailed analysis of the competing groups in both countries and of their ideologies which served as blueprints for educational reform.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Domination and assertion
3. Change in English primary education
4. Change in English secondary and higher education
5. Assertive ideologies in English education
6. The defensive ideologies of Anglican domination
7. Change in French primary education
8. Change in French secondary and higher education
9. Assertive French educational ideologies
10. French ideologies legitimating educational domination
11. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Social issues & processes [JFF]