Educational and national development : historical and critical perspectives on vocational schooling in Malta

Abstract

Both history and the sociological description and explanation of vocational education in Malta are intellectually satisfying and pedagogically committed... clearly a labour of love where scholarship sits comfortably with the engage approach of constructing the story from the point of view of the students' experience of vocational schooling... Each part stands on its own. When taken together the test provides a comprehensive and compelling account of vocational schooling with resonance on all aspects of Maltese life in the period reviewed... Properly placed withing the colonial and global history of the period the book is essential reading for those engaged in comparative education.