Richard Crossman and the Welfare State pdf

Professor Thornton researches physics and general science education. His research objective is to train graduate physicists to be university and college professors. He has been active in teacher improvement projects at the local, regional, and state level, and has developed a course in physical sciences for K-8 teachers to train them as leading science teachers. This led to a statewide televised course for K-12 teachers focusing on practical science, using kits developed by Professor Thornton. Eight of these courses have been developed. Students were instrumental in developing experiences and obtaining materials. Professor Thornton films lectures and demonstrations that are shown at local locations throughout Virginia as local adjunct professors assist teachers with hands-on experiences. Research in these courses will continue to be developed, and students willing to major in physics education are sought after.
Other areas of research currently under study include 1) the development of distance learning courses, 2) the change of problem narrative sections for large engineering and physics courses into a conceptual development session, and 3) the emphasis on collaborative learning in large lecture courses. These projects are possible MS and Ph.D. Thesis projects.

Richard Crossman and the Welfare State pdf by Stephen Thornton

Richard Crossman and the Welfare State: Pioneer of Welfare Provision and Labour Politics in Post-War Britain

Generally remembered as a notorious diarist rather than a serious political figure, Richard Crossman’s imposing presence in Harold Wilson’s Cabinet during the 1964-1970 Labour governments proved, not least to himself, a disappointment. However, in this new reassessment, Stephen Thornton rescues Crossman’s political achievements from obscurity. From 1955 to the end of his life in 1974, Crossman was committed to a radical scheme that promised to break Britain free from the existing Beveridge model of welfare provision and transform the social security regime in the UK. Although the scheme as Crossman envisaged it was not directly implemented, his actions did prompt highly significant modifications to both Labour and, more surprisingly, Conservative social security policy. Here Crossman’s reputation as a towering figure of the patrician Left is rehabilitated as Thornton argues that in the era of New Labour, the lessons Crossman learned from his project of welfare reform are more valuable and relevant than ever.