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The Enduring Nature of the Tripartite System of Secondary Schooling in Germany: Some Explanations

British Journal of Educational Studies · 2000 · 56 citations · 8 references

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EducationEducation PolicySecondary EducationEducation ReformSecondarySecondary Education Curriculum

Abstract

This paper suggests explanations for the enduring nature of the tripartite system of secondary education in Germany and the failure to develop the comprehensive school (Gesamtschule) over a long period.

References

8

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Stephen J. Ball, Richard Bowe, Sharon Gewirtz · The Sociological Review · 1995 · 474 citations

Public Affairs, Education Policy, Sociology +14

Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schooling in Prussia and Austria

John G. Gagliardo, James Melton · History of Education Quarterly · 1989 · 192 citations

Humanities, Education Policy, History +12

Two Decades of Non-Reform in West German Education

Saul B. Robinsohn, Jürgen Kuhlmann · Comparative Education Review · 1967 · 32 citations

Public Affairs, Education Policy, Education Reform +2

EDUCATION IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

Walter Schultze · Educational Review · 1957 · 32 citations

Public Affairs, Education Policy, Higher Education +10

The German Dual System: A Heretical View

Christopher Dougherty · European Journal of Education · 1987 · 22 citations

Education, German, Apprenticeship Education +13