This book aims to provide an introduction to the teacher, or teacher in training, to society and its relationship to education. Although very much a product of its time rather than an instructive text for teachers in the 21st century, this work will be of interest to those studying the evolution of the study of the sociology of education as well as the development of teacher training.
Ivor Morrish was educated at Bristol, London and Oxford Universities, graduating in philosophy and economics, theology, and classical Hebrew and Greek. He obtained an academic diploma from the University of London in philosophy, psychology and sociology, as well as founding the Unwin Education book series. During its operative years he held a position of Principal Lecturer in education at Southampton's La Sainte Union College of Higher Education. His numerous publications include Disciplines of Education and The Background of Immigrant Children.