The History of Western Education

The History of Western Education

Author	William Boyd
Genre	Non-fiction
Publication date	1921

The History of Western Education is a 1921 book by a Scottish educator William Boyd, head of the Department of Education at Glasgow University in the first half of the 20th century. ^[1]

The work has been described as a "immensely successful" and "classic", and received ten editions between 1921 and 1972. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

The 4th edition has been described as having "established itself as a standard work in the field of educational history". ^[5]

The 7th edition has been expanded b Edmund J. King. ^{[4] [6]}

See also

• Western education

References

1. McPherson, Andrew F.; Raab, Charles D. (1988). Governing Education: A Sociology of Policy Since 1945. Edinburgh University Press. p. 371. ISBN   978-0-85224-515-6 – via Google Books.
2. James, Paul; Steger, Manfred B. (2014-07-04). "A Genealogy of 'Globalization': The Career of a Concept". Globalizations. 11 (4): 417–434. doi:10.1080/14747731.2014.951186. ISSN   1474-7731. S2CID   18739651.
3. Manfred B. Steger; Paul James (8 August 2019). Globalization Matters: Engaging the Global in Unsettled Times. Cambridge University Press. p. 32. ISBN   978-1-108-47079-7.
4. H. H. Stern; Elaine E. Tarone; Hans Heinrich Stern; George Yule; Hilde Stern (24 March 1983). Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching: Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Applied Linguistic Research. OUP Oxford. p. 447. ISBN   978-0-19-437065-3.
5. Universities Review... J.W. Arrowsmith, Limited. 1950. p. 195.
6. Atzmon, Ezri (1967). "Review of The History of Western Education". Comparative Education Review. 11 (3): 389–390. doi:10.1086/445316. ISSN   0010-4086. JSTOR   1186094.