The Case for Examinations
An Account of their Place in Education with Some Proposals for their Reform

Originally published in 1944, this book presents the case for keeping examinations as part of the British school system.

J. L. Brereton (Author)

9781107645806, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 May 2014

236 pages
20.3 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.2 kg

Originally published in 1944, this book presents the case for keeping examinations as part of the British school system. Brereton suggests potential reforms and argues that examinations have positive values in 'stimulating pupils and teachers generally, and in co-ordinating the work and aims of schools that might otherwise drift far apart'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the debate surrounding the changing role of examinations in British education.

Preface
Part I. General and Historical: 1. Incentives to learning
2. Standards of attainment
3. Links in education
4. Development of examinations before 1911
5. School examinations, 1911–42
Part II. Proposals for Reform: 6. Development of syllabus
7. Regional joint examinations
8. Less academic subjects
9. The Board of Education's part
10. The Norwood report
Appendix 1. Notes on the use of aggregate marks in the Cambridge School Certificate and Higher School Certificate Examination
Appendix 2. Cambridge Senior Local Examination in 1861
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy & theory of education [JNA]