The development of provided schooling for working class children in Birmingham 1781-1851

Frost, Michael Brian (1978). The development of provided schooling for working class children in Birmingham 1781-1851. University of Birmingham. M.Litt.

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Abstract

This thesis considers the development of provided schooling for working class children in Birmingham between 1781 and 1851. The opening chapters critically examine the available statistical evidence for schooling provision in this period, suggesting how the standard statistical information may be augmented, and then presenting a detailed chronology of schooling provision and use. The third chapter is a detailed survey of the men who were controlling and organizing schooling during the period in question. This survey has been made in order that a more informed examination of the trends in schooling shown by the chronology may be attempted. The period 1781-1851 is divided into three roughly equal periods, each of which parallels a major initiative in working class schooling; 1781-1804 and the growth of Sunday schools, 1805-1828 and the development of mass day schooling through monitorial schools, and 1829- 1851 and the major expansion of day schooling. The first two periods are covered by chapters 4- and 5 respectively, and the last period by chapters 6 and 7 which deal in turn with Anglican and then Dissenting provision. These chapters examine the form and content of schooling, the nature of control within the schools, and the response of the prospective clientele the working class children. The final chapter, 8, examines for the whole period the various factors influencing levels of attendance in the provided schools.

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Thesis (Masters by Research > M.Litt.)

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Masters by Research > M.Litt.

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