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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451813203321

Autore

Aldrich Richard

Titolo

School and society in Victorian Britain : Joseph Payne and the new world of education / / Richard Aldrich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-57837-9

9786613890825

1-136-59135-4

0-203-18136-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions: education ; ; 88

Disciplina

370.19/0941/09034

370.19094109034

371.0094109034

Soggetti

Educators - Great Britain

Education - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Education - Great Britain - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Essex : College of Preceptors, 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SCHOOL AND SOCIETY IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN: Joseph Payne and the New World of Education; Copyright; SCHOOL AND SOCIETY IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN: Joseph Payne and the New World of Education; Original Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Series Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: From Bury St. Edmunds to Grove Hill House; Chapter 2: The Denmark Hill Grammar School; Chapter 3: From Leatherhead to Kildare Gardens; Chapter 4: The College of Preceptors; Chapter 5: Professor of Education; Chapter 6: Critic and Reformer; Chapter 7: The Science and Art of Education

Chapter 8: Historical and Comparative DimensionsChapter 9: Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on hitherto-unused sources this book represents a shift in the historiography of British education. At the centre of the investigation is



Joseph Payne. He was one of the group of pioneers who founded the College of Preceptors in 1846 and in 1873 he was appointed to the first professorship of education in Britain, established by the College of Preceptors. By that date Payne had acquired a considerable reputation. He was a classroom practitioner of rare skill, the founder of two of the most successful Victorian private schools, the author of best-selling text-books, a scholar of note