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PROFESSOR GARY JAMES McCULLOCH
CURRICULUM VITAE 2012
Current position:
Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education,
University of London (since 2003)
Email address: g.mcculloch@ioe.ac.uk
Postal address: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of
Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC!H 0AL, England
Education and qualifications:
Christ’s College Cambridge, History BA/MA, PhD, 1974-1980
MA (History) (Cantab.) 1981
PhD (History) (Cantab.) 1981
Learned Societies:
Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS)
Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Fellow of Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
UK History of Education Society (vice-president 2002-2004, president 20052007, member of executive committee 1992-2010)
Arts and Humanities Research Council, member of strategic review group
Coordinator, History of Education research seminar, Institute of Historical
Research
Academic Career:
Research Fellow, School of Education, University of Leeds, 1981-1983
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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand,
1983-1991
Professor of Educational Research, Lancaster University, 1991-1994
Professor of Education, University of Sheffield, 1994-2003
Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education, Institute of Education,
University of London, 2003Dean of Research and Consultancy, Institute of Education, University of London,
2004-2007
Assistant Director (Research, Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer), Institute of
Education, University of London, 2007-2008
Faculty of Policy and Society director of post graduate research, 2011
Coordinator, History of Education Section, Educational Foundations and Policy
Studies / Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003Coordinator, History of Education Special Interest Group, IOE, 2007-
Editorships:
History of Education (Editor, 1996-2003)
New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies (Joint Editor, 1989-1992)
Recent guest editorships of journal special issues include:
Gary McCulloch (ed) – ‘The social organization of educational studies: past,
present and future’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 2013 forthcoming
Gary McCulloch, Tom Woodin (eds) ‘Histories of learning in the modern world’,
special issue of Oxford Review of Education, 36/2, 2010
Joyce Goodman, Gary McCulloch, William Richardson (eds) – ‘”Empires
overseas” and “empires at home”: Postcolonial and transnational perspectives
on social change in the history of education’, Paedagogica Historica, 45/6 (2009)
Miriam Ben-Peretz, Gary McCulloch (eds) – ‘International perspectives on
veteran teachers’, Teachers and Teaching, 15/4 (2009); edited collection,
Routledge, 2011
Joyce Goodman, Gary McCulloch, William Richardson (eds) – ‘Social Change in
the History of Education: The British Experience in International Context’, special
issue of History of Education, 36/4-5 (2007); edited collection, Routledge,
London, 2008
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Gary McCulloch, Ruth Watts (eds) – ‘Theory, Methodology and the History of
Education’, special issue of History of Education, 33/2 (2003)
Membership of editorial boards including currently (2012)
Paedagogica Historica,
History of Education,
History of Education Quarterly,
Journal of Educational Administration and History,
History of Education Review,
History of Education and Children’s Literature,
Journal of Educational Historiography,
London Review of Education (executive board)
Teachers and Teaching
Educational Studies
Joint editor (with Barry Franklin) of international book series, Secondary
education in a changing world, Palgrave Macmillan, New York (ongoing, 13
books published in series to date)
Funded research projects:
Leverhulme Trust, 1992-1994 – Education and the working class: History,
theory, policy and practice
ESRC, 1994-1996 – The professional culture of teachers and the secondary
school curriculum
Leverhulme Trust, 1999-2001 – The life and educational career of Sir Cyril
Norwood (1875-1956)
ESRC, 2004-2006 – seminar series, Social change in the history of education
ESRC, 2009-2010 – Raising the school leaving age: Participation and policy in
historical perspective (co-director)
Society for Educational Studies, 2011-2013 – The social organization of
educational studies: past, present and future
Recent invitations to present keynote talks at conferences and special events
include:
Paris, France, University of Paris, May 2011
Athens, Greece, Greek Society of Education Historians, May 2012
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Auckland, New Zealand, Australian and New Zealand History of Education
Society, December 2011
Hamilton, New Zealand, University of Waikato, December 2011
London, England, Society for Educational Studies, November 2011
La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, University of La Laguna, October 2011
Derby, England, University of Derby, July 2011
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2010
Edinburgh, Scotland, University of Edinburgh, April 2010
Other professional activities include:
Lead organizer, 36th ISCHE conference, London, July 2014 – ‘Education, war
and peace’
Funded consultancies to advise on Research Excellence Framework. 2010 –
Member, HEFCE research assessment exercise Panel on Education, 1996,
2001, 2008
Member, international panel of advisers on research quality, Queensland
University of Technology, Australia, 2001
Member, international panel on technological sector research in the Republic of
Ireland, 2000- (allocating about two million pounds per annum)
International member of program committee, annual conference of the American
History of Education Society, held in San Antonio, Texas, October 2000
National Director, ‘Professional Actions and Cultures of Teaching’ (PACT: a
network of leading scholars representing eight nations – Australia, Canada,
Israel, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States –
under the overall direction of Professor Andy Hargreaves of the Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education and Professor Ivor Goodson of the University of Western
Ontario), 1995-2000
Organiser, annual conference, Australian and New Zealand History of Education
Society, University of Auckland, New Zealand, December 1990
Secretary, New Zealand Association for Research in Education, 1986-1989
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS
1. Authored books
Tom Woodin, Gary McCulloch, Steven Cowan – Secondary Education and the
Raising of the School Leaving Age: Coming of Age?, under contract, Palgrave
Macmillan, New York, 2013 forthcoming
Gary McCulloch – The Struggle for the History of Education, Routledge, London,
2011
Gary McCulloch – Cyril Norwood and the Ideal of Secondary Education, Palgrave
Macmillan, New York, 2007
Jerry Wellington, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Cheryl Hunt, Gary McCulloch, Pat Sikes
– Succeeding with your Doctorate, Sage, London, 2005
Gary McCulloch – Documentary Research in Education, History and the Social
Sciences, Routledge, London, 2004
Gary McCulloch, William Richardson – Historical Research in Educational
Settings, Open University Press, Buckingham, 2000
Gary McCulloch, Gill Helsby, Peter Knight – The Politics of Professionalism:
Teachers and the Curriculum, Continuum, London, 2000
Gary McCulloch – Failing the Ordinary Child? The Theory and Practice of
Working-Class Secondary Education, Open University Press, Buckingham, 1998
Gary McCulloch – Educational Reconstruction: The 1944 Education Act and the
Twenty-first Century, Woburn, London, 1994
Gary McCulloch – Philosophers and Kings: Education for Leadership in Modern
England, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991
Alison Jones, Gary McCulloch, Jim Marshall, Graham Smith, Linda Smith Schooling In New Zealand : Myths And Realities, Dunmore Press, Palmerston
North, 1990
Gary McCulloch – The Secondary Technical School: A Usable Past?, Falmer,
London, 1989
Gary McCulloch, Edgar Jenkins, David Layton – Technological Revolution? The
Politics of School Science and Technology in England and Wales 1945, Falmer,
London, 1985
Chapter 12 of above reproduced in Anita Cross, Bob McCormick (eds.),
Technology In Schools (Open University Press, 1986).
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Edited books
Gary McCulloch, David Crook (eds) – The Routledge International Encyclopedia
of Education, Routledge, London, 2008
Barry Franklin, Gary McCulloch (eds) – The Death of the Comprehensive High
School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives, Palgrave
Macmillan, New York, 2007 (paperback edition 2012)
Gary McCulloch, David Crook (eds) – History, Politics and Policy-Making in
Education: A Festschrift for Richard Aldrich, Institute of Education, University of
London, 2007
Gary McCulloch (ed) – The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the History of Education,
RoutledgeFalmer, London, 2005
Gary McCulloch, Gill Helsby (eds) – Teachers and the National Curriculum,
Cassell, London, 1997
Gary McCulloch (ed) – The School Curriculum in New Zealand: History, Theory,
Policy and Practice, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1992
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Short works
Gary McCulloch – Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education: National
Identities and International Ideals, University of La Laguna, Spain, 2011 (in
Spanish and English)
Gary McCulloch – Education, History, and Social Change: The Legacy of Brian
Simon, Professorial lecture, Institute of Education, University of London, 2004
Gary McCulloch – Education in the Forming of New Zealand Society: Needs and
Opportunities for Study, NZARE, Wellington, 1986
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Articles in journals
Gary McCulloch – ‘The Standing Conference on Studies in Education: Sixty
years on’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 2013 in press
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Gary McCulloch, Steven Cowan, Tom Woodin – ‘The British Conservative
Government and the raising of the school leaving age, 1959-1964’, Journal of
Education Policy, 2012 in press
Steven Cowan, Gary McCulloch, Tom Woodin – ‘From HORSA huts to ROSLA
blocks: the school leaving age and the school building programme in England,
1943-72’, History of Education, 2012 in press
Tom Woodin, Gary McCulloch, Steven Cowan – ‘Raising the participation age in
historical perspective: policy learning from the past?’, British Educational
Research Journal, 2012 in press
Gary McCulloch – ‘The history of secondary education in History of Education’,
History of Education, 41/1 (2012), pp. 25-39
Gary McCulloch – ‘Sensing the realities of English middle-class education:
James Bryce and the Schools Inquiry Commission, 1865-1868’, History of
Education, 40/5 (2011), pp. 599-613
Gary McCulloch – ‘History of education research in England’, Cadernos de
Historia da Educacao, 10/1 (2011), pp. 69-88 (in English and Portuguese)
Gary McCulloch – ‘A people’s history of education: Brian Simon, the British
Communist Party and Studies in the History of Education 1780-1870’, History of
Education, 39/4 (2010), pp. 437-57
Gary McCulloch, Tom Woodin – ‘Learning and liberal education: the case of the
Simon family, 1912-1939’, Oxford Review of Education, 36/2 (2010), pp. 187-201
Gary McCulloch – ‘Learners and learning in the history of education’, Access:
Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 29/2
(2010), pp. 49-60
Gary McCulloch – ‘The moral universe of Mr Chips: veteran teachers in British
literature and drama’, Teachers and Teaching, 15/4 (2009), pp. 409-20
Gary McCulloch – ‘Parity and prestige in English secondary education revisited’,
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 29/4 (2008), pp. 381-89
Gary McCulloch – ‘Forty years on: Presidential address to History of Education
Society’, History of Education, 36/1 (2007), pp. 1-15
Gary McCulloch – ‘Cyril Norwood and the English tradition of education’, Oxford
Review of Education, 32/1 (2006), pp. 55-69
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Gary McCulloch – ‘Education and the middle classes: the case of the English
grammar schools’, History of Education, 35/6 (2006), pp. 689-704
Gary McCulloch – ‘Virtual history and the history of education’, History of
Education, i32/2 (2003),
Gary McCulloch – ‘”Disciplines contributing to education”? Educational studies
and the disciplines’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 50/1 (2002), 1-19
Gary McCulloch, Colin McCaig – ‘Reinventing the past: the case of the English
tradition of education’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 50/2 (2002), 238-53
Gary McCulloch – ‘Local education authorities and the organisation of secondary
education, 1943-1950’, Oxford Review Of Education, 28/2-3 (2002), 235-46
Gary McCulloch – ‘Representing the ordinary child: the case of the Newsom
Committee, 1961-1963’, Journal of Educational Administration and History, 32/1
(2000), 51-65
Gary McCulloch – ‘Historical studies in science education’, Studies In Science
Education, 31 (1998), 31-54
Gary McCulloch – ‘Privatising the past? History and education policy in the
1990s’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 45/1 (1997), 69-82
Reprinted in J. Marshall, M. Peters (eds), Education Policy (International Library
of Comparative Public Policy, 12, Elgar, 2000), 798-811; and also in R. Lowe
(ed), History Of Education: Major Themes (4 vols, Routledge, 2000), vol. II, 33547
Gary McCulloch – ‘Antipodean echoes? Educational reforms and cultural
transfer from England to New Zealand’, History of Education Society Bulletin, 55
(1995), 35-44
Gary McCulloch, Liz Sobell – ‘Towards a social history of the secondary modern
schools’, History of Education, 23/3 (1994), 275-86
Gary McCulloch – ‘Judgement of the teacher: the Norwood report and internal
examinations’, International Studies in Sociology of Education, 3/1 (1993), 12943
Gary McCulloch – ‘”Spens v. Norwood”: contesting the educational state?’,
History of Education, 22/2 (1993), 163-80
Gary McCulloch – ‘Constructing the community: secondary schools and their
neighbourhoods in 20th century Auckland’, Australian Journal of Education, 36/2
(1992), 143-56
Gary McCulloch – ‘School zoning, freedom and equity: the case of New
Zealand’, Journal of Education Policy, 6/2 (1991), 155-68
Gary McCulloch – ‘”Serpent in the garden”: conservative protest, the “New
Right”, and New Zealand educational history’, History of Education Review, 20/1
(1991), 73-87
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Gary McCulloch – ‘Usable past or inexcusable present? History and education
policy’, Education Research and Perspectives, 18/1 (1991), 3-13
Gary McCulloch – ‘Neighbourhood schooling: secondary schools and their
neighbourhoods in 20th century Auckland’, Archifacts, 15/1 (1991), 20-30
Gary McCulloch – ‘City Technology Colleges – an old choice of school?’, British
Journal of Educational Studies, 37/1 (1989), 30-43
Reprinted in J. Arthur, J. Davison, R. Pring (eds), Education Matters: Sixty Years
of the British Journal of Educational Studies, Routledge, London, 2012, pp. 16173
Gary McCulloch – Education for leadership in the 1950s: the ideology of Eric
James’, Journal of Educational Administration and History, 21/1 (1989), 43-52
Gary McCulloch – ‘A technocratic vision: the ideology of school science reform
in Britain in the 1950s’, Social Studies of Science, 18/4 (1988), 703-24
Gary McCulloch – ‘The Norwood report and the secondary school curriculum’,
History of Education Review, 17/2 (1988), 30-45
Gary McCulloch – ‘Imperial and colonial designs: the case of Auckland Grammar
School’, History of Education, 17/4 (1988), 257-67
Gary McCulloch – ‘From Currie to Picot: history, ideology and policy in New
Zealand education’, Access, 7 (1988), 1-15
Gary McCulloch – ‘School science and technology in nineteenth and twentieth
century England: a guide to published sources’, Studies In Science Education,
14 (1987), 1-32
Gary McCulloch – ‘”Secondary education without selection”? School zoning
policy in Auckland since 1945’, New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies,
21/2 (1986), 98-112
Gary McCulloch – ‘Towards a social history of education in Auckland’, Access,
5/2 (1986), 35-65
Gary McCulloch – ‘Culture, history and change: aspects of education’, Access,
5/2 (1986), 1-6
Gary McCulloch – ‘Policy, politics and education: the Technical and Vocational
Education Initiative’, Journal of Education Policy, 1/1 (1986), 35-52
Gary McCulloch – ‘Labour, the Left, and the General Election of 1945’, Journal of
British Studies, 24/4 (1985), 465-89
Gary McCulloch – ‘”Teachers and missionaries”: the Left Book as an educational
agency’, History of Education, 14/2 (1985), 137-53
Gary McCulloch – ‘Science education and the historiography of national decline’,
Bulletin of the History of Education Society, 30 (autumn 1982), 48-52
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Gary McCulloch – ‘Victor Gollancz on the crisis and prospects of Labour and the
Left, 1942’, Bulletin of the Society of Labour History, 44 (spring 1982), 18-22.
5. Chapters in books
Gary McCulloch – ‘Historical perspectives on democratic schooling’, in J. Brone,
H. Ross, P. Munn (eds), Democratic Citizenship in Schools: Teaching
Controversial Issues, Traditions and Accountability, Dunedin Press, Edinburgh,
2012 in press
Gary McCulloch – ‘Documentary methods’, in J. Arthur, M. Waring, R. Cove, L.
Hodges (eds), Research Methods and Methodologies in Education, Sage,
London, 2012, pp. 210-214
Gary McCulloch – ‘The history of education in England: from social progress to
social equality’, in Siphis Bouzakis (ed), A Panorama of the History of Education
(in Greek), 2011
Gary McCulloch – ‘Securing our future?: National security and the historyof
education’, in D. Crook and G. McCulloch (eds), History, Politics and PolicyMaking in Education (Institute of Education, London, 2007), pp. 181-96
Gary McCulloch – ‘From incorporation to privatisation: public and private
secondary education in twentieth century England’, in Richard Aldrich (ed),
Private And Public: Studies In The History Of Knowledge And Education
(Woburn, London, 2003)
Gary McCulloch – ‘Towards a social history of educational research’, in Pat
Sikes, Jon Nixon, Wilfred Carr (eds), Knowledge, Inquiry And Values: The Moral
Foundations Of Educational Research (Open University Press, Buckingham,
2003)
Gary McCulloch – ‘Secondary education’, in Richard Aldrich (ed), A Century Of
Education (RoutledgeFalmer, London, 2001), 31-53
Gary McCulloch - ‘The reinvention of teacher professionalism’, in R. Phillips and
J. Furlong (eds), Education, Reform and the State: Politics, Policy and Practice,
1976-2001 (Routledge, London, 2001), 103-17
Gary McCulloch - ‘The politics of the secret garden: teachers and the school
curriculum in England and Wales’, in C. Day, A. Fernandez, T. Hauge, J. Moller
(eds), The Life and Work of Teachers: International Perspectives in Changing
Times (Falmer, London, 2000), 26-37
Gary McCulloch - ‘Publicising the educational past’, in D. Crook, R. Aldrich (eds),
History of Education for the 21st Century (Institute of Education, London, 2000),
1-16
Gary McCulloch - 'Curriculum reform, educational change, and school
improvement', in A. Hargreaves, A. Lieberman, M. Fullan, D. Hopkins (eds),
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International Handbook Of Educational Change (Kluwer,
Netherlands,1998),1203-1215
Gary McCulloch - 'Teachers and the National Curriculum in England and Wales:
socio-historical frameworks', in G. Helsby, G. McCulloch (eds), Teachers And
The National Curriculum (Cassell, London, 1997), 19-33
Gill Helsby, Gary McCulloch - 'Editorial introduction', in G. Helsby, G.McCulloch
(eds), Teachers And The National Curriculum (Cassell, London, 1997), 1-18
Gary McCulloch - 'Classroom management in England: theoretical and historical
approaches to control and discipline', in N.K. Shimahara (ed), Politics Of
Classroom Life: Classroom Management In International Perspective (Garland,
New York, 1998), 85-105
Gary McCulloch - 'Marketing the millennium: education for the 21st century', in
A. Hargreaves, R. Evans (eds), Beyond Educational Reform (Open University
Press, Milton Keynes, 1998), 19-28
Gill Helsby and Gary McCulloch - 'Teacher professionalism and curriculum
control', in I. Goodson and A. Hargreaves (eds), Teachers' Professional Lives
(Falmer Press, London, 1996), 56-74
Gary McCulloch. - 'Educating the public: R.H. Tawney, the Manchester Guardian
and educational reform', in R. Aldrich (ed), In History And In Education: Essays
Presented To Peter Gordon (Woburn Press, London, 1996), 116-37
Gary McCulloch - `From education to work: the case of technical schools', 1995
World Yearbook Of Education (Kogan Page, London and Philadelphia), 188-97
Gary McCulloch - `The power of three: "parity of esteem" and the social history
of tripartism', in E.W. Jenkins (ed), Studies In The History Of Education (Leeds
University Press, Leeds, 1995), 113-32
Gary McCulloch - `Lessons from the class of 1944? History as education', in
Peter Gordon (ed), The Study Of Education: Inaugural Lectures, vol. 4 (Woburn
Press, London, 1995), 249-68
Gary McCulloch - `Towards a social history of school science and technology?',
in E.W. Jenkins (ed), School Science And Technology: Some Issues And
Perspectives (University of Leeds, Leeds, 1993), 200-248
Gary McCulloch - `Introduction', in G. McCulloch (ed.), The School Curriculum In
New Zealand: History, Theory, Policy And Practice (Dunmore Press, Palmerston
North, 1992), 9-25.
Gary McCulloch - 'Defining and defending subjects : the case of the New Zealand
Geographical Society', in G. McCulloch (ed.), The School Curriculum In New
Zealand: History, Theory, Policy And Practice (Dunmore Press, Palmerston
North, 1992), 165-84.
Gary McCulloch - `Secondary school zoning : the case of Auckland', in John
Codd, Richard Harker, Roy Nash (eds.), Political Issues In New Zealand
Education (2nd ed), (Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1990), 283-302.
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Gary McCulloch - `An Alternative Road ? Problems and possibilities of the
Crowther concept', in Denis Gleeson (ed.), Training And Its Alternatives (Open
University Press, 1990), 4-17.
Gary McCulloch - `The ideology of educational reform : an historical perspective',
in John Codd, Alison Jones, Sue Middleton (eds), New Zealand Education Policy
Today (Allen and Unwin, Wellington, 1990), 53-67.
Gary McCulloch - `Educational history and the politics of human learning', in John
Morss, Tim Linzey (eds.), The Politics Of Human Learning, (Longman Paul,
Auckland, 1991), 171-87.
Gary McCulloch - `Technical and vocational schooling: education or work ?', in
David Corson (ed.), Education For Work : Background To Policy And Curriculum
(Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1988), 111-18.
Gary McCulloch - `History and policy: the politics of TVEI', in Denis Gleeson
(ed.), TVEI and Secondary Education : A Critical Appraisal (Open University
Press, Milton Keynes and Philadelphia, 1987), 13-37.
Gary McCulloch - `History and the curriculum', in Roger Openshaw, David
McKenzie (eds.), Reinterpreting The Educational Past : Essays In the History Of
New Zealand Education (NZCER, Wellington, 1987), 8-20.
Gary McCulloch - `Curriculum history in England and New Zealand', in Ivor
Goodson (ed.), International Perspectives In Curriculum History (Croom Helm,
London, 1986; reprinted 1988), 297-327.
Reprinted in Roy Lowe (ed), History Of Education: Major Themes,
RoutledgeFalmer, London, 2000, vol. III, pp. 40-60
Gary McCulloch - `Pioneers of an "Alternative Road" ? The Association of Heads
of Secondary Technical Schools, 1951-64', in Ivor Goodson (ed.), Social
Histories Of The Secondary Curriculum : Subjects For Study (Falmer Press,
London and Philadelphia, 1985), 313-42.
Gary McCulloch - `Views of the Alternative Road : the Crowther concept', in
David Layton (ed.), The Alternative Road : The Rehabilitation Of The Practical
(University of Leeds, Leeds, 1984), 57-73.
Gary McCulloch - `David Forsyth and the Leeds Central Higher Grade School', in
Keith Fenwick (ed), Yorkshire Studies In Education (University of Leeds, Leeds,
1983), 1-19.
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