Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1978

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The purpose of this Master's Thesis is to refute the accepted belief that the English Education Act of 1944 was truly revolutionary as many historians would have es believe. By way of explanation, during World War II, the National Board of Education in England, under the guidance of Herwald Ramsbotham, began the tedious process of developing a thoroughly democratic system of education for England. In the end, leading politicians and writers of the decade claimed that the Board's reforms truly revolutionized the overall system of education in England. Yet, the average child attending one of the state or religious schools in England after the so-called reforms of 1944, was offered little, if any more than had been offered in prior years. This study examines the structure and evolution of the English educational system, concentrating on the Education Act of 1944, to determine why the English Education Act of 1944 was not the revolutionary act it is claimed to be by historians.

Extent

151 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.T.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Identifier

FADT13948

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