TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND ECONOMY: RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERACTING ROLES (CASE OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND)
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https://doi.org/10.30888/2415-7538.2018-10-02-042Keywords:
technical education, Victorian England, public schools, civic universities, practical science and manual instruction, relative economic declineAbstract
The article suggests the review of some scientists’ analysis whether the failure of education in the sector of technical instruction was a major contributory factor of Britain’s economic decline. It also dwells on the counter-arguments whether the level oMetrics
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