‘This book is a very worthy and impressive achievement. It will be many years before Welsh education again receives such full and lucid treatment. I have little doubt that this will become one of the landmarks of the historiography of Welsh education. It deserves a readership far beyond Wales because it raises and addresses issues which are of global concern at the present time.’
Journal of Educational Administration and History
‘ . . . a masterly survey of educational developments since the end of Roman Wales . . . a skilful analytical narrative packed with fascinating detail which challenges the reader with thought-provoking discussions over a wide range of issues . . . This will be the standard history of Welsh education for a long time to come and can be highly recommended as an overview of the field. . . this distinguished volume is a work of original synthesis which makes a major contribution both to Welsh historiography and to Welsh educational scholarship. It is published with the high standards which we have come to expect from the University of Wales Press . . . ’ (Welsh History Review)
‘ . . . highly
accessible account of the development of education in Wales and the role it has
played in relation to the wider Welsh economy and society.’ (Planet)
This authoritative survey shows how education in Wales has evolved over the centuries and describes its main features at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It also analyses the way in which the education system has been central to the society and economy of Wales and examines the way in which the changing structure of educational provision has reflected the political relationship between Wales and the United Kingdom government as well as the influence of the National Assembly in post-devolution Wales. A History of Education in Wales fills a genuine gap in the historiography of Wales, for there is no other book which offers a comprehensive overview of Welsh education from the earliest times to the present day.
Gareth Elwyn Jones is Emeritus Professor of Education in the University of Wales and is based in Swansea’s Department of Education. He is a former head of the Department of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Gordon Wynne Roderick is a former Professor of Continuing Education and Director of the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Sheffield and Professor of Adult Education at the University of Wales Swansea.