Pioneers Of Australian Education Volume 3: Studies Of The Development Of Education In Australia 1900–50
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A scholarly work in the history of education, this third volume in the Pioneers of Australian Education series chronicles the development of formal schooling and educational thought across Australia during the first half of the twentieth century. Edited by C. Turney, it presents detailed biographical and analytical studies of the key figures who shaped Australian pedagogy, curriculum, and institutional policy between 1900 and 1950. With an academic yet accessible tone, the volume illustrates how individual reformers, administrators, and thinkers responded to the social, political, and cultural pressures of a rapidly modernising nation. Each study situates its subject within the broader context of Australian educational history, arguing that the period represents a pivotal era of transition from colonial inheritance to a distinctly national educational identity. Indispensable for historians, educators, and researchers, the collection remains a foundational reference for understanding how Australia's modern schooling systems were conceived and built.
Author: C. Turney
Format: Paperback
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A scholarly work in the history of education, this third volume in the Pioneers of Australian Education series chronicles the development of formal schooling and educational thought across Australia during the first half of the twentieth century. Edited by C. Turney, it presents detailed biographical and analytical studies of the key figures who shaped Australian pedagogy, curriculum, and institutional policy between 1900 and 1950. With an academic yet accessible tone, the volume illustrates how individual reformers, administrators, and thinkers responded to the social, political, and cultural pressures of a rapidly modernising nation. Each study situates its subject within the broader context of Australian educational history, arguing that the period represents a pivotal era of transition from colonial inheritance to a distinctly national educational identity. Indispensable for historians, educators, and researchers, the collection remains a foundational reference for understanding how Australia's modern schooling systems were conceived and built.