Fred Clarke (educationist)

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]

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Clarke's personal papers are held at the Archives of the Institute of Education.

References[]

^ 1939 England and Wales Register
^ "Obituary: Sir Fred Clarke – The Ideals of Education". The Times. 8 January 1952. p. 8.
^ F. W. Mitchell, Sir Fred Clarke: master teacher, 1880–1952 (London: Longmans, 1967)
^ M. Barber, The Making of the 1944 Education Act (London: Cassell, 1994)

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[1] 1939 England and Wales Register

[times-2] "Obituary: Sir Fred Clarke – The Ideals of Education". The Times. 8 January 1952. p. 8.

[3] F. W. Mitchell, Sir Fred Clarke: master teacher, 1880–1952 (London: Longmans, 1967)

[4] M. Barber, The Making of the 1944 Education Act (London: Cassell, 1994)

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