The genesis of school inspection in south east wales 1839-1843: Issues of social control and accountability

History of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-680

  James, David C ^a   Davies, Brian ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Education; School inspection; Social control; South east wales 1839 1843; Tremenheere

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349085748     PISSN: 0046760X     EISSN: 14645130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00467600802204779     Document Type: Article

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