Gary McCulloch is Dean of Research and Consultancy and Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.David Crook is Senior Lecturer in the History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

'this volume features many excellent articles on broad educational topics. For students needing a highly readable context within which to place basic educational concepts (e.g., "classroom," "evaluation"), this source's utility is without question. McCulloch and Crook attempt in a single volume to take a panoramic view of education by including practice and theory, history, and the present.' -- Choice, E. S. Petersen, Dana College'This volume's broad content will render it useful to students of all social sciences' -- Choice, E. S. Petersen, Dana College

• abacus; Abeland, Peter; ability grouping; academic; academic freedom; academy; access/admission; accomplishments; accountability; accountancy; accreditation of prior achievement/learning; action research; Addams, Jane; adult education; aegrotat; Africa; agriculture; algebra; alternative education; alumni; antiracist education; apprenticeship; approved school; aptitude; Argentina; Aristotle; arithmatic; armed forces; Arnold, Matthew; Arnold, Thomas; art; art, college and school of; Ascham, Roger; Asia assessment (inc. continuous, criterion referenced, diagnostic, formative, norm referenced, summative); Association of University Teachers (AUT); astronomy; athenaeum; attainment; attendance; Australia; Austria; autodidact; autonomy; baccalaureate; Baltic States; baseline assessment; basic skills; Beecher, Catherine; benchmarking; Benelux countries; Bernstein, Basil; bicultural education; bilingual education; binary policy; Binet, Alfred; biology; blind children, teaching of; boarding school; Bourdieu, Pierre; boys, education of; brain drain

Gary McCulloch is Dean of Research and Consultancy and Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.David Crook is Senior Lecturer in the History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

'this volume features many excellent articles on broad educational topics. For students needing a highly readable context within which to place basic educational concepts (e.g., "classroom," "evaluation"), this source's utility is without question. McCulloch and Crook attempt in a single volume to take a panoramic view of education by including practice and theory, history, and the present.' -- Choice, E. S. Petersen, Dana College'This volume's broad content will render it useful to students of all social sciences' -- Choice, E. S. Petersen, Dana College

• abacus; Abeland, Peter; ability grouping; academic; academic freedom; academy; access/admission; accomplishments; accountability; accountancy; accreditation of prior achievement/learning; action research; Addams, Jane; adult education; aegrotat; Africa; agriculture; algebra; alternative education; alumni; antiracist education; apprenticeship; approved school; aptitude; Argentina; Aristotle; arithmatic; armed forces; Arnold, Matthew; Arnold, Thomas; art; art, college and school of; Ascham, Roger; Asia assessment (inc. continuous, criterion referenced, diagnostic, formative, norm referenced, summative); Association of University Teachers (AUT); astronomy; athenaeum; attainment; attendance; Australia; Austria; autodidact; autonomy; baccalaureate; Baltic States; baseline assessment; basic skills; Beecher, Catherine; benchmarking; Benelux countries; Bernstein, Basil; bicultural education; bilingual education; binary policy; Binet, Alfred; biology; blind children, teaching of; boarding school; Bourdieu, Pierre; boys, education of; brain drain

Gary McCulloch is Dean of Research and Consultancy and Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.David Crook is Senior Lecturer in the History of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

'this volume features many excellent articles on broad educational topics. For students needing a highly readable context within which to place basic educational concepts (e.g., "classroom," "evaluation"), this source's utility is without question. McCulloch and Crook attempt in a single volume to take a panoramic view of education by including practice and theory, history, and the present.' -- Choice, E. S. Petersen, Dana College'This volume's broad content will render it useful to students of all social sciences' -- Choice, E. S. Petersen, Dana College

• abacus; Abeland, Peter; ability grouping; academic; academic freedom; academy; access/admission; accomplishments; accountability; accountancy; accreditation of prior achievement/learning; action research; Addams, Jane; adult education; aegrotat; Africa; agriculture; algebra; alternative education; alumni; antiracist education; apprenticeship; approved school; aptitude; Argentina; Aristotle; arithmatic; armed forces; Arnold, Matthew; Arnold, Thomas; art; art, college and school of; Ascham, Roger; Asia assessment (inc. continuous, criterion referenced, diagnostic, formative, norm referenced, summative); Association of University Teachers (AUT); astronomy; athenaeum; attainment; attendance; Australia; Austria; autodidact; autonomy; baccalaureate; Baltic States; baseline assessment; basic skills; Beecher, Catherine; benchmarking; Benelux countries; Bernstein, Basil; bicultural education; bilingual education; binary policy; Binet, Alfred; biology; blind children, teaching of; boarding school; Bourdieu, Pierre; boys, education of; brain drain