Cambridge Texts and Studies in the History of Education – serie
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Public Examinations in England 1850-1900
Av John Roach
Häftad, 2008
705 kr
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A detailed historical account of the origins of the modern examination system in England from 1850 to 1900. At the beginning of the nineteenth century public examinations were almost unknown, yet by its end they were established as the most generally acceptable method of assessment and selection; …
The Rise of a Central Authority for English Education
Av A. S. Bishop
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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This book traces the nineteenth-century formation, growth and structure of the central authority for education in England. The author uses a wide variety of published and unpublished material and describes the influences - religious, social, political and economic and others that moulded the …
Education and the French Revolution
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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The French Revolution was the first of the great social upheavals which transformed European society; its effects on the French national educational system and its wider influence on education is obviously important. Little has been written on the topic and Professor Barnard offers a modern study. …
Fenelon on Education
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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The learned, pious and gentle Archbishop Fénelon (1651-1715), author of Télémaque and royal tutor, was one of the great European educationists and especially important for his writings on the education of girls; but his work is little known to students of the history and theory of education because …
Thomas Arnold on Education
Av Bamford
Häftad, 2009
557 kr
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Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 till his death, is famous as the reformer of public schools. Dr Bamford sees this reputation as a misleading one and in his introduction he presents Arnold as a paradoxical figure. 'He had a very large family, but did not really understand …
Matthew Arnold and the Education of the New Order
Av Peter Smith, Geoffrey Summerfield
Häftad, 2009
541 kr
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A selection from Arnold's writing on education, other than Culture and Anarchy. All the pieces stem from his work as Inspector of Schools: they illustrate his concern both with the principles that must be established as a basis for the education of an industrial democracy and his practical concern …
Robert Owen on Education
Av Robert Owen, H. Silver
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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Robert Owen was one of the most extraordinary Englishmen who ever lived and a great man. In a way his history is the history of the establishment of modern industrial Britain, reflected in the mind and activities of a very intelligent, capable and responsible industrialist, alive to the best social …
T. H. Huxley on Education
A selection from his writings
Av Cyril Bibby
Häftad, 2010
586 kr
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Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) is known primarily as a scientist but he was also an influential educationalist, spending most of his working life teaching at the School of Mines (which later became Imperial College of Science and Technology). In this 1971 text, the most significant of his writings …
Robert Lowe and Education
Häftad, 2011
586 kr
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A study of Robert Lowe (1811-1892), a philosophical radical in the utilitarian tradition, educationalist and politician. He held a number of government positions, and as vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education (1859-1864) he introduced the controversial 'payment by results' scheme, …
Friedrich Froebel
A Selection from His Writings
Häftad, 2010
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Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) has long been known as a great educational reformer and the founder of kindergartens. Most of Froebel's works deal with young children. This selection, translated from the German for this volume, shows the development of his educational doctrines. The extracts are …
James Mill on Education
Av Mill, W. H. Burston
Häftad, 2010
569 kr
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James Mill's two principal published works on education are the article 'Education', for the Encyclopedia Britannica, written in 1815, and the pamphlet Schools for all, in preference to Schools for Churchmen only, written in 1812. The first was general and theoretical, and raises points about the …
Education and Society in Nineteenth-Century Nottingham
Av David Wardle
Häftad, 2010
515 kr
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An account of the progress made in the provision of education in Nottingham in the nineteenth century. Dr Wardle makes full use of the evidence of newpapers, contemporary accounts and statistics relating to population, child employment, public health, welfare agencies, and charitable organisations …
H. E. Armstrong and the Teaching of Science 1880-1930
Av W. H. Brock
Häftad, 2012
535 kr
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Originally published in 1973, this is a selection of the educational writings of H. E. Armstrong, edited with a full introduction by W. H. Brock. Henry Armstrong (1848-1937) was a controversial and energetic publicist for reforms in science teaching and curricula. He was concerned to make teaching …
