Education in Britain, 1750-1914 / W.B. Stephens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephens, W. B.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Social history in perspective

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Education.

Education--Great Britain--History--19th century.

History.

Great Britain.

Education--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 220 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

This concise new study covers the development of education throughout Great Britain from the Industrial Revolution to the Great War, a period in which urbanization, industrialization and population growth posed huge social and political problems, and education became one of the fiercest areas of conflict in society. Drawing on recent research, W. B. Stephens critically assesses the major topics of current historical controversy including geographical, gender and class variations in experience and attitudes, the connection between education and the Industrial Revolution, the possible link between Britain's later economic decline and the determinants of the spread of popular education. The primary focus of the book is the interrelationship of education and economic and social change, and significant political and administrative aspects of educational provision are also thoroughly reviewed.

Contents:

1 Elementary Education to the 1860s 1

The Diverse Provision of Elementary Instruction 1

Factors in the Development of Popular Schooling 12

2 School Attendance and Literacy: 1750 to the Later Nineteenth Century 21

The Incidence of School Attendance 21

Patterns of Basic Literacy 25

Determinants of Regional Variations in Schooling and Literacy 31

Aspects of Female Literacy and Schooling 35

3 Secondary and Higher Education to the 1860s 40

The Evolution of Secondary Schooling 40

Higher Education 50

4 Education, Science and Industrialization, 1750s-1850s 56

Elementary Education, Skill and Industrial Expansion 56

Science, Technology and Innovation 61

Social and Religious Aspects of Scientific and Entrepreneurial Culture 69

5 Elementary Education from the 1860s to 1914 77

Compulsory Schooling and State Involvement 77

School Boards and Local Education Authorities 90

6 Secondary and Higher Education from the 1860s to 1914 98

Developments in Secondary Schooling in England and Wales 98

Developments in Secondary Schooling in Scotland 105

Secondary Education for Girls 109

Higher Education 114

Segmentation or Convergence? 120

7 Science, Technology, Education and the Economy from the 1850s to 1914 125

Education and Britain's Economic Fortunes: the Debate 125

Technical and Scientific Education in Germany, France and Britain 131

The Myth of Avoidable 'Decline' 142

8 The Growth of a Literate Culture 144

Reading and Self Improvement among the Better-off 145

Reading and the Working Classes 149

Religious and Utilitarian Pressures and Working-class Response 154

Literacy and Working-class Cohesion 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-201) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

033360511X

0333605128

0312216246

OCLC:

38898074