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1 online resource (353 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Education |
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Routledge library editions. Education.
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| Contents |
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 |
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Chapter 8: Historical and Comparative DimensionsChapter 9: Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Payne, Joseph, 1808-1876.
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| SUBJECT |
Payne, Joseph, 1808-1876 fast |
| Subject |
Educators -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Education -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Education -- Great Britain -- Philosophy
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Education -- Philosophy
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Education -- Social aspects
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Educators
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203181362 |
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0203181360 |
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