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Publication Date: 1995
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"The Talent at Its Command": The First World War and Vocational Aspect of Education, 1914-39.
Parker, David H.
History of Education Quarterly, v35 n3 p237-59 Fall 1995
Maintains that working class elementary schools in England enjoyed popular support due to their subordination to the needs of wartime national efficiency. Argues that this led directly to a postwar increase in vocational education. Disputes the claim that the 1918 Educational Act produced no discernible results. (MJP)
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Labor Education, Labor Force Development, Nontraditional Education, Politics of Education, Rural Schools, Special Needs Students, Vocational Education, Working Class, World War I
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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