Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: With a Brief Sketch of the Life of Joseph Lancaster (Cambridge Library Collection - Education)

Lancaster, Joseph; Corston, William

ISBN 10: 1108066348 / ISBN 13: 9781108066341

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014

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• Title: Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: With a Brief Sketch of the Life of Joseph Lancaster (Cambridge Library Collection - Education)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108066348
• ISBN 13: 9781108066341
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The son of a shopkeeper, Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838) received little formal education himself. In 1798 he set up a school in Southwark, waiving fees for poor children. Originally published in 1803, this work sets out in detail the philosophy and practice of Lancaster's system of education, which relied on peer tutoring. He was always concerned with the education of the underprivileged in industrial cities, lamenting that 'poor children be deprived of even an initiatory share of education, and of almost any attention to their morals'. The early decades of the nineteenth century saw the peak of the popularity of Lancaster's system as his ideas spread and inspired the establishment of schools around the world. His book is still significant in the history of educational methods. This reissue of the revised third edition of 1805 incorporates a brief 1840 biography of Lancaster.

Book Description

First published in 1803 and reissued here in its revised 1805 third edition, this work by Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) sets out in detail the philosophy and practice of his system of education, which relied on peer tutoring. A brief 1840 biography of Lancaster is included in this reissue.