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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153204303321

Autore

McCann Phillip

Titolo

Samuel Wilderspin and the infant school movement / / Phillip McCann and Francis A. Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2017

ISBN

1-315-41469-4

1-315-41468-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Education 1800-1926 ; ; Volume 11

Altri autori (Persone)

YoungFrancis A. <1918->

Disciplina

372.941

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - England - History - 19th century

Elementary school teachers - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1982 by Croom Helm Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Early influences : nature and the new church -- ch. 2. Spitalfields infant school -- ch. 3. The English infant school : Buchanan and Owen -- ch. 4. The English infant school : Swedenborg and Pestalozzi -- ch. 5. The Infant School Society -- ch. 6. Educational missionary : new schools and old -- ch. 7. Wilderspin in Scotland -- ch. 8. A national and international reputation -- ch. 9. Theory and practice -- ch. 10. The infant school movement in the 1830s : crisis -- ch. 11. The infant school movement : new directions -- ch. 12. The Liverpool Corporation schools 1836-1837 -- ch. 13. National education : Wilderspin versus the evangelicals -- ch. 14. The Dublin model schools 1837-1839 -- ch. 15. Years of adversity -- ch. 16. An active retirement.

Sommario/riassunto

Samuel Wilderspin became a household name in his own lifetime. Befriended by Dickens, lampooned by Cruikshank, his achievements discussed in Parliament, he was one of the best known educators of the 1830s and 1840s. However, Wilderspin's consistent opposition to denominational education combined with his liberal and advanced views made him unpopular with the Establishment. Samuel Wilderspin's fame declined after his retirement in 1847 but his reputation as an infant school educator has survived. Many of his ideas and practices have had a great influence on infant education. In this book, first published in 1982, Wilderspin's own story is placed in the context of this growing movement led by Owen, Buchanan and Oberlin, and it



goes a long way towards reinstating him as one of the prominent figures in the early education movement. This title will be of interest to students of history and education.