{"product_id":"english-education-1789-1902-paperback-9780521109420","title":"English Education,1789-1902 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521109420","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnglish Education,1789-1902\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a history of the change which culminated in the Education Act of 1902.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. W. Adamson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521109420, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e532 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBetween 1789 and 1902 the direction of education in England had passed from the Church to the State. This book is a history of that change which culminated in the Education Act of 1902, passed, ironically enough, by a Conservative Government in the face of bitter Radical and Liberal opposition. For it was the Radicals who, in the early part of the nineteenth century, were preaching the doctrine of 'useful knowledge'. Hitherto, religion had been the leading aim of English education and the universities (there were only two) and the public and grammar schools were founded on that premise. The immense advances in scientific knowledge were reflected in changes in the curricula of schools and universities where the classics and divinity had to yield ground to the physical sciences. Professor Adamson describes the Education Act of 1870 and the Cross Commission on religious teaching in schools, the new systems of university education and the muddle resulting from administrative overlapping. He concludes his book with a description of the schoolmasters profession at the end of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Pre-Victorian: 1. The people and the people's education\u003cbr\u003e 2. Higher education\u003cbr\u003e 3. The universities\u003cbr\u003e 4. Educational opinion\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Earlier Victorian (1839–1867): 5. The committee of council and the voluntary system\u003cbr\u003e 6. The workman's self-education\u003cbr\u003e 7. The universities in the mid-century\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Sound and cheap elementary instruction'\u003cbr\u003e 9. The ancient public schools\u003cbr\u003e 10. Secondary education and its reform\u003cbr\u003e 11. The conflict of studies\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Later Victorian (1867–1902): 12. Women and other working folk\u003cbr\u003e 13. The compromise of 1870 and the cross commission\u003cbr\u003e 14. Disseminating a knowledge of science\u003cbr\u003e 15. University education\u003cbr\u003e 16. Administrative muddle\u003cbr\u003e 17. The schoolmasters profession\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006472802584,"sku":"9780521109420","price":40.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521109420i.jpg?v=1694976238","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/english-education-1789-1902-paperback-9780521109420","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}