Education In Great Britain And Ireland

Author : Graham Balfour
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330164747
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book The Educational Systems of Great Britain and Ireland written by Graham Balfour and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Educational Systems of Great Britain and Ireland In this book I have tried to give a brief and fairly comprehensive account of general education in the United Kingdom during the nineteenth century. An impartial and even tedious catalogue of existing agencies seemed likely to be more effectual in indicating the present deficiencies and requirements of these islands than any more impassioned advocacy of my own or anybody else's views. The Introductory chapter was written last as a review of the sections, so that there has been no temptation to distort or even to emphasize any of the facts in order to illustrate the general views there suggested. On the other hand, the explanation of any passages or allusions in the Introduction which seem obscure will be found in the corresponding chapter of the book by reference to the Index. My materials have been drawn largely from the many and lengthy series of Departmental reports which deal with so much of the education of the country, but more especially from the blue-books of the numerous Commissions and Committees which from time to time have examined the abuses or summed up the progress of schools, colleges, and universities - the outcome of what Bagehot called 'the modern stocktaking habit: the habit of asking each man, thing, or institution, 'Well, what have you done since I saw you last?' There are many subjects into which no investigation has recently been made, or on which no relevant report exists; in such cases I have tried to present the best information obtainable, and can only regret that there is no more definite judgement on record, or no more complete evidence to sum up. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.