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Peer reviewedMerritt, Richard L.; Leonardi, Robert L. – Comparative Education Review, 1981
Examines reasons why the postwar secondary education system of Italy has remained static and specialized despite dramatic changes in the demands placed on it and the strong consensus in favor of reform toward comprehensive schooling. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational Demand, Foreign Countries
Chitty, Clyde – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1981
Tracing the development of comprehensive schools in relation to working class protests against separate schools for different social classes, the author argues that comprehensives may yet fail because lower-class children continue to be patronized by teachers who feel they cannot learn. (Part of a theme issue on comprehensive education in…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
