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  • The English School

    Its Architecture and Organization, Volume II 1870-1970

    Series series Routledge Revivals: The English School
    Britain has a rich heritage of school buildings dating from the later Middle Ages to the present day. While some of these schools have attracted the attention of architectural historians, they have not previously been considered from the educational viewpoint. Even schools of little or no architectural interest are important sociologically, since the changing architecture of schools reflects ... Read more

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  • The English School

    Its Architecture and Organization 1370-1870

    Series series Routledge Revivals: The English School
    Britain has a rich heritage of school buildings dating from the later Middle Ages to the present day. While some of these schools have attracted the attention of architectural historians, they have not previously been considered from the educational viewpoint. Even schools of little or no architectural interest are important sociologically, since the changing architecture of schools reflects ... Read more

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  • Recent Education from Local Sources

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1967, this book was intended to be of value to students of Education in two ways. Firstly, all such students were expected to know in broad outline the story of the development of our national education system in the previous 150 years. This book shows how these national events affected a number of schools in a particular locality. Their history was preserved in their ... Read more

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