Newsom (1963)

(page numbers in brackets)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages (i-xviii)
Membership, Contents, Introduction, Principal Recommendations

Part 1 Findings
Chapter 1 (1-9)
Education for All
Chapter 2 (10-16)
The Pupils, the Schools, the Problems
Chapter 3 (17-26)
Education in the Slums
Chapter 4 (27-31)
Objectives
Chapter 5 (32-40)
Finding Approaches
Chapter 6 (41-51)
The School Day, Homework, Extra-Curricular Activities
Chapter 7 (52-59)
Spiritual and Moral Development
Chapter 8 (60-71)
The School Community
Chapter 9 (72-79)
Going Out into the World
Chapter 10 (80-86)
Examinations and Assessments
Chapter 11 (87-97)
Building for the Future
Chapter 12 (98-108)
The Teachers Needed

Part 2 The Teaching Situation
Chapter 13 (109-113)
What Should Secondary Imply?
Chapter 14 (114-118)
An Education that Makes Sense
Chapter 15 (119-123)
Attainments and Achievement
Chapter 16 (124-127)
The Subjects and the Curriculum
Chapter 17 (128-141)
The Practical Subjects
Chapter 18 (142-151)
Science and Mathematics
Chapter 19 (152-169)
The Humanities
Chapter 20 (170-179)
School Organisation and Staff Deployment

Part 3 What the Survey Shows
Chapter 21 (183-188)
The 1961 Survey
Chapter 22 (194-232)
The Boys and Girls
Chapter 23 (234-244)
The Work They Do
Chapter 24 (245-249)
The Men and Women Who Teach Them
Chapter 25 (250-259)
The Schools They Go To

Acknowledgements (260-262)

Appendix I (263-267)
List of Witnesses
Appendix II (268-271)
Sex Education
Appendix III (272-276)
Deployment of Teachers
Appendix IV (277-278)
Letter to Minister on Teacher Training
Appendix V (279-295)
Statistical Detail

Index (296-299)

A report of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England)

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1963
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland.

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