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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Scottish Education"”.
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Policy and pedagogy in the further education sector: an emerging professional identity
… produced by me for the degree: Doctor of Education. The portfolio is structured in three parts.<br/><br/>The three parts of this thesis can look disparate and unconnected – separated as they are by time, purpose, intention, thinking and learning – but a common thread runs through my work …
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'A Manly Desire to Learn' : the Teaching of the Classics in Nineteenth Century Scotland
… when the Classics occupied a central position in Scottish education and, as a result, more undergraduates studied these ancient languages than ever before, or since. The thesis also details the very different institutional traditions exemplified by the nation's ancient schools and universities …
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Reading habits in Scotland circa 1750-1820
… the Enlightenment, and traditional ideas about Scottish education and literacy. From a methodological viewpoint, reading as an activity at this time is often little recorded, frequently invisible in surviving historical records. Nevertheless, enough evidence exists for it to be studied …
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Educational studies in the Scottish Universities : 1870-1970
… in the world to establish permanent chairs of Education. Half a century later Scotland became the first country in the British Isles to demand university graduation of all male and secondary teachers in the public sector, except for those involved in art, crafts and physical education. Yet by …
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The Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) and the development of the Arts Council in Scotland: background, politics, visual art policy 1919-1947
… as belonging, primarily, to the history of education and, through its origins in the voluntary sector, to the history of the emerging welfare state. The thesis explores the significance of philosophical Idealism, both as social theory and aesthetic theory. It argues that Idealism had a …
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Perspectives on attitudes, engagement, expectations and aspirations pre- and post-secondary school
… for improvement in the HMIE report: Improving Scottish Education (2006) is that of primary/secondary transition. Current programmes that can address this issue are A Curriculum for Excellence 3-18 (SEED, 2004) which allows schools curriculum flexibility and the Integrated Community Schools …
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Aspects of society in Scotland and north east England, c.1550 - c.1750: social structure, literacy and geographical mobility.
… is questioned, as is the 'egalitarian' nature of Scottish social life. Apprentice records for Edinburgh and Newcastle are exploi ted to study geographical mobility over the same period of time. These are supplemented, for Scotland only, by the use of 'testimonials' issued to mobile persons between …
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An investigation into teacher-initiated or DIY Professional Development: The push and pull of teacher Professional Development
Within education formalised teacher professional development (PD) has long been an area of research interest. In contrast informal, teacher-initiated PD has been researched far less. This thesis addresses this issue by investigating the proposed concept of DIY teacher professional …