Description: This elegantly written history charts the UCL Institute of Education since its beginnings in 1902 as a teacher training college for London to a position of influence on the nature and direction of education in the UK and across the globe. With two new chapters, this second edition extends the story to 2020.
Brief description: Richard Aldrich (1937-2014) was a distinguished scholar and professor of history of education at the Institute of Education at University College London. He was the author of many books and president of both the International Standing Conference for the History of Education and the UK History of Education Society.
Review Quotes:
'The strengths of this UCL history are multiple... This is an excellent book and will give the reader a greater understanding how not only the IOE, UCL, but education in the widest sense has evolved over the last 120 years. Both authors should be praised for their work.'
British Journal of Educational Studies