Author: Tom Woodin Date: 13 January 2012 Website
Raising the school leaving age: participation and policy in historical perspective
- Start date: 01 April 2009
- End date: 30 September 2010
This project will examine the raising of the leaving age, concentrating upon the 1960s and 1970s, and will assess both the historical development of the policy and its contemporary implications. It will compare the current focus upon increasing 'participation' in education and training with the historical project of raising the school leaving age ('ROSLA'). The project will offer an historical argument which takes account of the wider context as well as the public debates surrounding the issue. It will start from the hypothesis that the measure was, in broad terms, a 'policy success', in supporting equality of opportunity and social justice more widely. Specifically it will address the following questions:
- What were the motivations for, and arguments against, extending the school leaving age?
- What were the key issues and contradictions in the development of the policy?
- How was the policy conceived and enacted in selected case study areas and what does this reveal about the nature of central policy making?
- How can a historical analysis inform contemporary policies in this area?
- Outputs (12)
- Impacts & reports (2)
Speaker: Gary McCulloch Date: 12 January 2012 Presentation/lecture
Speaker: Steven Cowan Date: 12 January 2012 Presentation/lecture
Speaker: Gary McCulloch Date: 12 January 2012 Presentation/lecture
Author: Gary McCulloch Date: 30 September 2011 Journal article
Organiser: Tom Woodin Date: 18 August 2011 Organised event
Speaker: Tom Woodin Date: 18 August 2011 Conference paper/presentation
Speaker: Gary McCulloch Date: 18 August 2011 Conference paper/presentation
Speaker: Steven Cowan Date: 18 August 2011 Conference paper/presentation
Speaker: Tom Woodin Date: 18 August 2011 Conference paper/presentation
Author: Steven Cowan Date: 18 August 2011 Journal article
Author: Tom Woodin Date: 18 August 2011 Book