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Tuesday, 8 November 1988, 1:00PM
Museum of London

Do the British know what education is for?

Professor John Malcolm Rae
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What should the aims of education be? Does Britain have a clear idea of what its education system is trying to do?

This lecture is part of Professor Rae's series, 'The Education Reform Act 1988 in its Historical and International Context'. The other lectures in this series are:
    Where did the war-time dream go wrong?
    What should we teach the children?
    How should we organise the school system?
    How do we create good schools?

Professor John Malcolm Rae
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Professor John Rae was the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric between 1988 and 1990. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the Department of War Studies, King's College London. He was headmaster of Westminster School between 1970 and 1986.

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