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Source: British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Jul., 1988)
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF
EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
Executive Editor: Richard A Pring

Volume XXXVI Number 2

July 1988

CONTENTS
Editorial

SCSE

95

NEWS

98

EDUCATING FOR EXCELLENCE

by

Frances

Young

100

Jonathan

111

THE NOTION OF GIFTEDNESS

by

Ruth

THE BRITISH DISEASE: A BRITISH TRADITION?

by Margaret Mathieson and Gerald Bernbaum 126
REVIEWS

175

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