In this provocative study the author challenges many
contemporary assumptions about the modern family, the circumstances
of home life which lead to academic success and the proper
relationship between home and school. The modern family is not in
decline; its history is a success story. It is stable, unsociable,
emotionally potent. Over the past three centuries it has turned its
back on society. It is less remarkable for rebellious children than
for the remorseless pressures it can exert upon the young,
particularly for success in the school system.
In the home-centred society the school is an extension of the
home, created in its image. Academic success seems most certain
when the good home and the good school form a determined alliance.
The combined pressures of home and school often seem to produce
withdrawn, self-disparaging and negative young men and women. The
author argues that the good school must counter-act many of the
influences of the good home and that the educational system must
re-order its affairs so that it is able to encourage and assess
achievement which comes from joy rather than neurotic drive.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Education |
Release date: |
December 2014 |
First published: |
1966 |
Authors: |
Frank Musgrove
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
168 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-75309-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
|
LSN: |
0-415-75309-0 |
Barcode: |
9780415753098 |
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