Towards a compulsory curriculum /
White, J. P.
Towards a compulsory curriculum / J. P. White. - LOndon : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. - ix, 112 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written prior to the introduction of the national curriculum, this volume argued for precisely that: a broad framework of a compulsory education at national level for all schools. The author considers the question of the content of his proposed compulsory curriculum in terms of principles derived from a fundamental ethical position and from an analysis of kinds of human activity that seeks to establish important educational priorities. The discussion covers arguments concerning intrinsically worthwhile activities, the need for a practical component of the curriculum and the priority that humanistic studies should have. It puts forward a case for a new concept of voluntary education, partly on the model of the Pioneer organizations of Eastern Europe, to supplement the compulsory curriculum.
0710076800
Education --Curricula--Great Britain.
Education --Curricula-- Great Britain.
375 WHI
Towards a compulsory curriculum / J. P. White. - LOndon : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. - ix, 112 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written prior to the introduction of the national curriculum, this volume argued for precisely that: a broad framework of a compulsory education at national level for all schools. The author considers the question of the content of his proposed compulsory curriculum in terms of principles derived from a fundamental ethical position and from an analysis of kinds of human activity that seeks to establish important educational priorities. The discussion covers arguments concerning intrinsically worthwhile activities, the need for a practical component of the curriculum and the priority that humanistic studies should have. It puts forward a case for a new concept of voluntary education, partly on the model of the Pioneer organizations of Eastern Europe, to supplement the compulsory curriculum.
0710076800
Education --Curricula--Great Britain.
Education --Curricula-- Great Britain.
375 WHI