1st Edition
The Education of the Poor The History of the National School 1824-1974
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published 1974. Thousands of elementary schools for the children of the poor were founded during the nineteenth century, yet there is scarcely a published history of a single one of them. This volume is precisely such a history and the authors trace its story against the background of local and national change in education and society.
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Chapter 1 Social change and the education of the poor to 1820; Chapter 2 The Kennington National Schools; Chapter 3 Schooling 1824–40; Chapter 4 Achievement and crisis 1840–60; Chapter 5 The Schools and the community to 1860; Chapter 6 The Schools under the Revised Code 1863–70; Chapter 7 Earnest, reverent and efficient 1870–1900; Chapter 8 Non-provided, voluntary aided, primary: the twentieth century;
Biography
Pamela Silver
