Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1933, this book presents an account regarding the development of teacher training in England and Wales during the nineteenth century. The text discusses both administrative measures and the development of techniques in teacher training in monitorial centres, colleges and universities. A detailed bibliography is included.
Table of ContentsForeword; 1. The training of teachers under the monitorial systems; 2. A period of transition, 1830–40; 3. The Battersea experiment; 4. The development of the training college system, 1839–46; 5. The period of stabilisation, 1846–60. (a) administrative activity of the committee of council, the pupil-teacher system; 6. The period of stabilisation, 1846–60. (b) the work of the training colleges; 7. The work of the training colleges, 1860–1900; 8. New departures in training: (a) the day training college. (b) the pupil-teacher centre; 9. The training of teachers for secondary schools; General bibliography; Index.