History and Development of Secondary Education

Contents: Preface. 1. The purpose of American secondary education and its implications for method. 2. What factors have produced the American secondary school of today? 3. In what respects are American secondary schools different from European schools. 4. The function of the school in America. 5. What should be the task of the secondary school in America? 6. The measurement of administrative potential. 7. The professional opportunities. 8. Career challenges. Bibliography. Index.

"Education has been the preserve of the selected few. Previously education was given to the princes only. Education was mainly theological in the beginning and there were no such distinctions as elementary education, secondary education and higher education. Secondary schools developed out of the universities that were established in the middle ages in Europe. When education was secularised and due to the impact of the industrial revolution vocational education was imparted to the students coming from the lower strata also. This is how the concept of secondary education has emerged and the credit goes to European schools and European educationists, who started experimenting schools in various parts of Europe. Many educationists like Rousseau, Froebel, and Herbart conducted experiments in education and secondary education became the medium through which the students can enable themselves to earn a living." (jacket)