English Popular Education 1780–1975
English Popular Education 1780–1975
David Wardle
September 1976
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An account of the development of education in England from the closing years of the eighteenth century when an attempt was first made to provide an education for all children. The author looks in turn at the children being taught, the teachers who taught them, the methods they used, the curriculum, and the social and intellectual influences which affected them.
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September 1976Paperback
9780521290739
208 pages
203 × 127 × 12 mm
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The intellectual and social climate of the nineteenth century
- 2. Recurrent reasons for educational expansion in England
- 3. The raw material
- 4. The changing school: administrative and organizational changes, 1800–1939
- 5. Changes in curricula and teaching methods
- 6. The role and status of the teacher
- 7. Secondary education
- 8. Recent developments and their implications
- 9. 1970–1975
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Further reading
- Chronological table
- Index.
