Fred Clarke | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Fred_Clarke_(Educationist).png) By Elliott & Fry, 1943, (NPG) | |
| Born | 2 August 1880 High Cogges |
| Died | 6 January 1952 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Educationist |
| Board member of | Central Advisory Council for Education (England) |
| Spouse | Edith Annie Gillams |
| Children | Claudia Clarke, Anna Clarke |
| Parent | Mr & Mrs William Clarke |
| Academic background | |
| Education | History & Qualified Teacher |
| Alma mater | Oxford University St Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Influences | The Moot |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Pedagogy |
| Institutions | Institute of Education at the University of London |
| Notable works | Education and Social Change: an English interpretation (1940) |
| Notable ideas | (1) Teacher education, (2) Colonial Education, (3) Comparative education and, (4) The application of sociology to educational theory |
Sir Frederick Clarke (2 August 1880[1] – 6 January 1952) was an English educationist who was Director of the Institute of Education in the University of London between 1936 and 1945.[2]
During the 1930s and 1940s, he was also a strong advocate for educational reform in England and Wales. Clarke was fully involved in the public educational debate at the time and a member of a private group of leading educational thinkers known as 'The Moot'. He is known particularly for his book Education and Social Change: an English interpretation from 1940. Other books include the collection of essays Essays in the Politics of Education (1923) and Freedom in the Educative Society (1948).[3][4]
- ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Fred Clarke – The Ideals of Education". The Times. 8 January 1952. p. 8.
- ^ Mitchell 1967.
- ^ M. Barber, The Making of the 1944 Education Act (London: Cassell, 1994)