Joseph Lancaster and the monitorial school movement : a documentary history edited, with an introd. and notes, by Carl F. Kaestle

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaestle, Carl F.

Series:

Classics in education, no. 47.

Classics in education, no. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838.

Lancaster, Joseph.

Monitorial system of education--History.

Monitorial system of education.

Physical Description:

xii, 189 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [1973]

Notes:

Concerns John Lancaster and his creation of a novel system of education in Great Britain with emphasis on the conflict with the church of England, it's functioning in schools and finally it's failure to gain a foothold in the United States, a forerunner of the system's death.