English Popular Education 1780–1975

An account of the development of education in England from the closing years of the eighteenth century.

David Wardle (Author)

9780521290739, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 12 August 1976

208 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.2 cm, 0.23 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: History [HB]