TY - BOOK AU - Sanderson,Michael TI - The Missing Stratum: Technical School Education in England 1900-1990s T2 - History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections SN - 9781474241311 AV - T107 .S384 2015 U1 - 607.12410904 PY - 1994/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Technical education -- England -- History -- 19th century KW - Technical education -- England -- History -- 20th century KW - Technical institutes -- England -- History -- 19th century KW - Technical institutes -- England -- History -- 20th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 An Edwardian Problem -- 2 A Solution: The Junior Technical School, 1905-1918 -- 3 The Problems of the Junior Technical Schools, 1918-1939 -- 4 The Junior Technical Schools and Industry, 1918-1939 -- 5 The Junior Technical Schools and the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- 6 Policy and the Technical School from Spens to the Butler Act -- 7 Change and Decay, 1945-1960s -- 8 Why This Matters -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index N2 - Starting with the creation of the early technical schools before the First Wold War and finishing with John Patten's policies as Secretary of State for Education in 1993, Sanderson examines the development of the technical school sector and the factors which weakened it and led to its demise. The book argues that the neglect of technical schools has resulted in poor levels of skill formation and industrial performance in Britain, especially since the Second World War UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2191163 ER -